Expanding the scope of emergency medicine
Yes, this is a piece on observation medicine as the expansion of our specialty. My oh my, have things changes since my days of training where I learned to care for all comers irrespective of their money, background, color or creed. I learned to stabilize, evaluate and treat then admit or discharge. Clearly, I’m simplifying though, historically, our disposition decision was binary, patient in or out.
Then overtime as I practiced emergency medicine (EM) …
