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.
- Tasks
- 17 tasksNot rated core or supplemental
- Family
- Healthcare PractitionersOne of its 96 occupations
- Code
- 29-1214.00SOC 2018: 29-1214
What the work is made of
O*NET lists these 17 tasks but has not rated them core or supplemental. Each is quoted as published, with where it came from.
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- Task 1. Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.Not ratedTask 22715Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 2. Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.Not ratedTask 22716Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 3. Collect and record patient information, such as medical history or examination results, in electronic or handwritten medical records.Not ratedTask 22717Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 4. Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.Not ratedTask 22718Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 5. Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.Not ratedTask 22719Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 6. Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.Not ratedTask 22720Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 7. Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.Not ratedTask 22721Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 8. Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.Not ratedTask 22722Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 9. Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.Not ratedTask 22723Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 10. Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.Not ratedTask 22724Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 11. Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.Not ratedTask 22725Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 12. Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.Not ratedTask 22726Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 13. Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.Not ratedTask 22727Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 14. Refer patients to specialists or other practitioners.Not ratedTask 22728Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 15. Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.Not ratedTask 22729Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 16. Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.Not ratedTask 22730Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
- Task 17. Stabilize patients in critical condition.Not ratedTask 22731Listed by O*NET analysts, November 2020
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 29-1214
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
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