The Importance of Emergency Care
Emergency Care is described in the following World Health Organization (WHO) infographic.
When someone suffers an injury or a sudden illness – an emergency – at home, work or leisure, their initial health outcome relies on an integrated approach to recognition and treatment.
Quality emergency medical care prevents or reduces the otherwise devastating impacts of road trauma, sepsis, stroke, heart attack, acute complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and many childhood infections. Over half the deaths in low and middle-income countries could be avoided by effective immediate interventions on scene, organized and safe transport to a hospital with an emergency care unit; followed by a skilled assessment, stabilisation, and diagnosis.
Understanding Role of Emergency Department
Emergency Department defines an emergency department as a hospital facility that is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and provides unscheduled outpatient services to patients whose condition requires immediate attention.
With a competent emergency room team, many lives could have been saved under the guidance of an experienced physician and aided by advanced medical equipment.
The emergency Department is the first point of contact for any critically ill patient, needing immediate medical attention. Modern Emergency Departments are managed by qualified Emergency Physicians and nurses, trained specifically for providing emergent care to save a life or limb.
In order to prioritize treatment for most sick patients, EDs use a tool called Triage which means sorting out. Those patients needing immediate life-threatening measures are treated first. Those with minor ailments may have to wait. After resuscitation and initial stabilization patients are either admitted to the indoor area or discharged to home with a prescription.
A good ED is equipped with monitors, point-of-care diagnostics, essential drugs, and other equipment needed for high-quality medical care to the patient. ED works in close association with other departments like radiology, laboratory, blood bank, etc.
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