264932 Emergency Medicine Specialist

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• Emergency Physician

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

• Examines and assesses patients with acute and urgent illness or injury
• Requests laboratory tests, X-rays, and other diagnostic procedures, and interprets the results
• Provides safe and immediate care to resuscitate and stabilise patients, and manage their conditions
• Performs various life-saving procedures in operating and procedure rooms
• Refers patients to, and exchanges medical information with, relevant medical practitioners
• Monitors patients' progress and response to treatment, and documents patient records
• May participate in emergency responses and disaster management activities