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from Section 1 - Decision-Making
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025
Pain, suffering, accidents, and threats to life, limb, and vitality – emergencies – have been a constant in the human experience. However, how we address emergencies has evolved substantially in the last 50 years. This is in no small part due to the development of Emergency Medicine (EM) as a medical specialty. Despite being a relatively new specialty, EM has rapidly become a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle. EM is there for, “anyone, anything, at any time.” Because of our all-encompassing nature, emergency physicians are often labeled, by other members of the healthcare system, with the mantra, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” However, this statement wrongly shortchanges the emergency physician and shows a lack of understanding on how we think and what we do. EM has a distinctive style and practice of medicine because our purpose is unique in the house of medicine.
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