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What is the work environment for an Emergency Medicine doctor in Miami,Florida?

i dream to be a doctor in Emergency Medicine in Miami, Florida and i would love to know what the work environment is like. #doctor #medicine #emergency-medicine #emergency-room

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Miami is a very vibrant city with a very diverse population, with that brings a wide variety of cases and levels of acuity you'll see in a Miami emergency room. The environment varies by the setting. If you're at a high level trauma center, you'll see patients involved in anything ranging from motor vehicle accidents to gunshot wounds who may have to go straight to surgery. In a more community ED settings, you'll still see quite a variety of cases, but they may there for an asthma exacerbation or COPD exacerbation that you can treat in the ED.

The work environment is also highly dependent on the people you're with. Often the physicians, nurses, other care providers, and support staff develop a tight camaraderie after working to save lives together for so long. It can be quite stressful and hectic , but it can also be a very rewarding atmosphere to work in.
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Craig’s Answer

It depends, where do want to work at an ED? A city? The suburbs? A rural area? That will amount to the flow of patients, also the time of year and time of day. One issue with an emergency department is that most calls are not he horrified trauma cases you'd think are funneling in. People see a star of life and they go running towards it or they call 911 and in the American health care system we can't deny someone treatment. They can refuse treatment if they're deemed competent. I have friends who have had patients BREAK INTO their ambulance and ask to go to the hospital.

Anyways that part makes being in an ED tough, not everyone is dying but you maybe over booked, you might have to fly through vitals and assessments. 9/10 patients might have a cold and 1 fell off a ladder and they need your attention more but those cold patients act like they're dying and the ED has to figure out where the patient is going from there. As far as work environment goes there is a lot of the "tattooed caffeine fiend you have to warn everyone about" types.
For time of day and year the season can affect what type of illness and injury you'll experience. Alot of seniors get heat injury in the summer time, alot fall at night too.
The city there is a lot of trauma calls, in rural areas there is a lot of poisonings. Depends on where you go!
Personally I think it can be a good experience! Good luck!
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Wael’s Answer

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