In the spring of 2012, the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) issued an important revised position statement outlining its support for point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) by emergency physicians in the emergency department. Emergency PoCUS was born in Canada in 2001: Emergency department echocardiography was a child of the international emergency ultrasound movement that trac...

The future of emergency care in the United States and the role that family physicians will play in that future is of concern to the AAFP. That concern led to the development of a policy on family physicians in emergency medicine, an AAFP position paper, and the formation of the Special Interest Group-Emergency Medicine (SIG-EM), which launched at the 2010 Scientifi c Assembly. According to the ...

emergency physicians are at risk of burnout, which can affect their mental health, as well as patient care. we assessed burnout level among iranian emergency physicians and investigated demographic, work-related factors and stressors associated with higher burnout.in a cross-sectional study, we surveyed all 188 emergency medicine residents and practitioners in iran. we measured burnout using 22...

BACKGROUND Medicine is a profession that carries certain risks. One risky area of practice is the emergency department. Emergency physicians diagnose and treat a high volume of patients, and are also responsible for preparing reports for forensic cases. In this study, we aim to investigate emergency physicians' legal-administrative problems and reveal their level of understanding on forensic ca...

OBJECTIVE Burnout is common in physicians and particularly acute in emergency physicians. Physician burnout may adversely affect physicians' lives and the quality of care they provide, but much remains unknown about its main contributing factors. The present study evaluated burnout rates and contributing factors in emergency physicians in Israel, specifically focusing on the role of a sense of ...

Introduction: Emerging viral diseases (EVDs) pose a significant threat to public health. There have been a few viral epidemics in the last two decades. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a global pandemic.Objective: To provide emergency physicians an update on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its dynamic impact on the emergency department (ED) in te...

Point-of-care ultrasonography is increasingly being used to facilitate accurate and timely diagnoses and to guide procedures. It is important for pediatric emergency physicians caring for patients in the emergency department to receive adequate and continued point-of-care ultrasonography training for those indications used in their practice setting. Emergency departments should have credentiali...