Lack of Specialists a Problem

[podmedic@mac.com]

The results of a survey of emergency room physicians conducted by the American college of emergency physicians states that there are too few specialists willing to work covering the emergencies seen in U.S. ER’s every day. I commented on this in my blog but I was curious if any of you noticed this in your travels.

It may be contributing to the diversion issues we all face, since the ER docs are having to treat situations they're unfamiliar with or wait for call backs from specialists with advice.

Here's the original article about the study.