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I have gone through the views expressed by our members.I would like to express a few points...

We are deeply concerned about emergency medicine remaining as a neglected part of clinical medicine.Though from many corners it has been proposed to consider it as a separate speciality there are some things to be noted-for example,when a polytrauma patient comes,the emergency physician does the resuscitation.

BUT the same patient will need to be seen by the orthopaedic and general surgeons,plastic surgeons and neurosurgeons as the situation demands.

Coming to my point,isn't the above situation an example of the probable inadequacy of an emergency physician?We have different establihed specialities like medicine,ophthal,dermat,gastro etc where the doctor is trained to treat any illness coming under his specialization.But in emergency,it is not the case.

MOST of the cases require a multi-disciplinary approach which surely limits what an ER physician can do.The loss of follow-up of the patient is another major drawback.I feel these are the reasons why emergency medicine still is not popular as a different speciality...as one of my friends put it,is it a "jack of all trades and master of none"speciality?I really don't know.

Having worked in an excellent emergency dept since some time,I personally feel that the greatest job in any hospital are done by emergency room doctors.What can be more satisfying than saving a life which would have been lost if not for you?I look forward for the valuable comments of other members of this group.
Bobby