If you find someone falling ill suddenly or you have to rush an accident victim to the hospital, you always approach the emergency ward in the hospital, where doctors and staff are always available to immediately tend to the patient, administer the emergency treatment and stabilize them before sending them out to the other specific wards for further treatment. The emergency room is always equipped with necessary equipment and infrastructure to meet all emergencies.
As the nature of the patients coming into the emergency ward is always of critical and urgent nature, the staff, nurses as well as the doctors in this ward are trained to respond to such emergency situations. They are sensitized to looking and providing immediate treatment to the patients to get situation under control and stabilize the vital signs in patients as well as deal with injuries and other problems which need immediate response.
Every hospital knows how important it is to have trained and experienced staff and doctors to Mann the emergency ward both due to the nature of treatment required to be provided and the risk the hospital carries if there is a cause for failure in providing timely treatment.
The nature of medical profession is totally different from other professions to such an extent that the individual’s life is in the hands of doctors attending on him. Therefore medical training can be quite rigorous and meticulous.
At any cost the doctors and the other staff cannot afford to show any negligence or make mistakes. The effects of any such fatal mistake can be disastrous. It can not only incapacitate the patient but the effect on the family can be very serious including economic, emotional and social impacts that the family would stand to suffer.
As the doctors take turns to serve in the emergency wards, they are trained in normal procedures as well as emergency procedures too. The emergency procedures are totally different when compared to the normal procedures. The patients who are brought to the emergency wards require emergency basic treatment before moving them to the specific wards. This calls for the emergency ward to be ready and always waiting on 24 x 7 basis.
The emphasis on maintaining a good emergency ward is also dependant upon the management and administration of the hospital and their outlook.
With the efficiency of the emergency ward, one can get to see the efficiency of the entire hospital administration.
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