Road accidents, fire break-outs, cardiac arrests, etc. are certain situations where the victim/patient may need a time-sensitive, intensive, immediate care before his/her chances of survival go bleak. In a hospital or clinical setting, a dedicated department that takes care of such time-critical scenarios is referred to as the Emergency Department or Emergency Medicine. Emergency Medicine is sometimes also called accident medicine by the nature of the patients they attend to. This medical speciality particularly deals with the care and cure of injuries and / or illnesses warranting urgent medical attention. Emergency practitioners are trained to deal with unscheduled conditions, and patients not differentiated by age or sex. As the first touch point to receiving a comprehensive damage recovery procedure, emergency doctors are responsible for Stage 1 resuscitation, stabilization, initial investigations, interventions, to effectively diagnose and treat abnormalities / injuries at least until the patient is stable to be transferred to an organ-specific department or is ready to be discharged.
There are several places where the expertise and work of an emergency physician might come into play:
An emergency division may work with a range of sub-specialties, some being:
The broad domain of emergency medicine primarily involves both surgical and internal medical conditions. Modern hospitals may involve a setting where emergency physicians would treat a large volume of patients either through admission to hospital or release, decisions to be taken basis the current condition and the treatment regime being followed. They are also critical to providing temporary healthcare services to patients when it’s off-hours for other doctors or in hospitals where specific departments may or may not be available/functional. While the majority of the cases going inside the emergency department will involve patients with low-acuity conditions like exacerbations of chronic disease and/or minor r injuries, however a part of the volume will also comprise of illnesses and minor injuries.
The Department of Emergency Medicine at Aster Hospitals combines technology and unmatched medical expertise to provide emergency care with the utmost efficiency. A full-fledged facility with state-of-the-art clinical support, the team of trained and experienced doctors, paramedics and nurses have the experience and the temperament to extend immediate medical care to critically ill or injured patients. The treatment area itself is designed in a way to ensure maximum comfort for the patients and to protect the privacy of patients and their families. The Emergency Care Unit also supports a 24-hour pharmacy to ensure the availability of medicines at all times. At Aster Hospitals we believe that patients and their families should have access to high quality healthcare at a center that they trust.
