Accident and Emergency Medicine: An Administrative Convenience or a Specialty?

Accident and emergency medicine or emergency medicine?

Casualty, accident and emergency, or emergency medicine, the evolution.

Hospitals have always had to make arrangements for those who arrive at their doors seeking help. Over the years the numbers and complexity of problems presenting in this way have increased at an exponential rate. This increase in demand has been managed in diVerent ways in diVerent countries but in North America, Australia, some parts of Europe and the United Kingdom a new medical specialty has...

Specialty secondments for accident and emergency registrars.

Did you know that accident and emergency (A&E) registrars have as many as five three month secondments to other specialties during their training? These secondments involve the specialist registrar (SpR) joining a specialty related to A&E in a supernumerary capacity. The aim of the secondments is for the trainee to learn how related specialties manage their acute problems. This article outlines...

Emergency medicine-the specialty.

The perception of emergency medicine as a defined specialty may vary widely in different locations around the world. While no single emergency medical system can fulfil the needs of all countries, there are three main models of delivery: the European model, the Anglo-American model, and the neglect model. This article reviews aspects of emergency medical systems around the world and compares th...

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction