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.

  • Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.
  • Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
  • Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.

  • Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.