How do they match: Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.

  • Collect and record patient information, such as medical history or examination results, in electronic or handwritten medical records.
  • Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.

  • Prescribe medications.