Here's a definition of the specialty
DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
"Emergency medicine is a field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of episodic undifferentiated physical and behavioral disorders; it further encompasses an understanding of the development of prehospital and inhospital emergency medical systems and the skills necessary for this development."
International Federation for Emergency Medicine, 1991.
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From: John Ryan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 28 August 2003 23:56
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Subject: What is an Emergency?
Seeking a definition for 'Emergency'
How would list members define an 'Emergency' in the context of what we see
in our emergency departments and what we practice ?
Dr John Ryan
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