Emergency Medicine Physician

Coverage Needed:

• ASAP - Ongoing
• Shift Times: 6a-6p, 6p-6a

Clinical Details:

• Hospital Beds: 66 (staffed)
• ICU Beds: 12
• Cath Lab: 1 (24/7)
• Trauma Designation:
  Level III
• ED Volume: 15,000
• Stroke Center Classification:
  Emergent Stroke Prep Center
• ED Beds: 10
• Fast Track Beds: 3
• Total ED Beds: 13
• EMR:
  Meditech
• Scribes:
  No
• Admitting %: 16%
• Pediatric %: 17%
• Bridge Orders:
  Yes
• Bedside Ultrasound:
  Yes
• Floor Codes: EM physicians attend floor codes
• EM Physician Procedures:
  Airway Management (Intubation), Conscious Sedation (Physicians use Propofol), Central Lines, Chest Tubes
• Imaging: CT 24/7, Ultrasound (Monday-Friday), MRI, Radiology (nighthawk service at night)
• Back Up:
  General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Hospital Medicine Program (on call at nights), Cardiology (They keep STEMIs), Pulmonology, Neurology - consults with higher level hospital, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Limited ENT, Limited Urology, General Surgery, Tele ICU Support (keep critically ill patients)
• No GI, No Nephrology
• Transfers:
  Level I Trauma:
  Freeman or Mercy in Joplin, MO;
  Critically Ill Pediatrics:
  Children's Mercy (Kansas City);
  Burns:
  Kansas University or Cox Medical Center in Springfield

Requirements:

• BE/BC Emergency Medicine (ABEM, ABOEM), BC FP with experience
• Credentialing Timeline: 90 days
• Active KS license