How do they match: Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Critical Care Physician
  • Urgent Care Physician

  • 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.

  • Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
  • Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.

  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
  • Supervise patient care personnel.