Emergency Medicine : An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice

The specialty of emergency medicine effects most primary care practices daily by having to diagnose and treat acute patient complaints.

New diagnostic and treatment methods in the areas of airway management, chest pain, DVT/PE and asthma, as well as cost effective use of the laboratory should become common knowledge for the emergency and primary care physician.

Therefore, primary care providers nationally need to review and update their knowledge in the areas of emergency medicine.

Dr. Robert Rogers is the director of Medical Student Education, Associate Residency Director of Emergency Medicine, as well as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Joseph Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Surgery, as well as an Assistant Medical Director at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.