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You mean she is great at consults? ER docs don't deal with life and death. They exist to turf patients.

If you have a car wreck and are bleeding out, the ER doctor will try to save your life. You are an idiot.

No, the trauma surgeon will stop the bleeding , the anesthesiologist will obtain the airway and resuscitate, the radiologist will read the films, and the intensivist (often the surgeon or anesthesiologist) will take care of you post op.

You haven't spent much time in a hospital, have you

The ER doc will screw up all of the above before he consults the experts listed above.

The ER doc will stabilize ten patient first. [/quote]

My 8 yo DD fell onto an object while she was playing outside.  Externally, here were no visible signs of trauma - not a bruise, not a scratch.  We later learned that over 50% of her liver was crushed and she was bleeding internally.  She would have died had it not been for the prompt and astute actions of an ER doctor (and nurse) that my DD's life was saved.  Yes, the trauma surgeon was the attending physician but it was that ER doctor who recognized the danger and started treating her before she went into shock.  She spent 5 days in the pediatric ICU.  The trauma surgeon made the call about surgery but it was the ER doctor that saved her life.  Bash them all you want but I know what they can do.[/quote]

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