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Emergency Medicine Physicians
Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.
- US jobs
- 32,880
- Median wage
- $335,550 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of emergency medicine physicians?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 18%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 12%Administer emergency medical treatmentNot measured
- 12%Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment optionsNot measured
- 12%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 8%Monitor health conditions of humans or animalsNot measured
- 6%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
- 6%Advise patients or clients on medical issuesNot measured
- 6%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
- Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
- Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
- Stabilize patients in critical condition.
- Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
- Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.
- Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
- Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
- Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.
- Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.
- Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.
Other job titles for this occupation (23)
Attending Emergency Physician · Attending Physician · Emergency MD (Emergency Medicine Doctor) · Emergency Medicine Physician (EM Physician) · Emergency Physician · MD (Medical Doctor) · Physician · Critical Care Intensivist · Critical Care Intensivist Physician · Critical Care Physician · Disaster Medicine Physician · Emergency Department Doctor (ED Doctor) · Emergency Department Physician (ED Physician) · Emergency Doctor · Emergency Medicine Specialist · ER Doctor (Emergency Room Doctor) · ER Physician (Emergency Room Physician) · Intensivist · Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician · Pulmonary Critical Care Physician · Trauma Doctor · Urgent Care Physician · Wound Care Physician