2007-06-06 11:51:59 · 6 answers · asked by Erick 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No, only surgeons so surgeries. ER docs are the first to "treat" the patient and examine the type of injuries. They then send the patient off to the appropriate specialty that is surgeons, etc.
2007-06-06 11:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Avigail 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, mostly minor surgeries. And in emergency situations they too perform life-saving surgical procedures like cricothyrotomy, tracheotomy, among the few.
2007-06-07 01:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really. It's occasionally necessary to do a cricothyrotomy or tube thoracostomy, and lancing boils doesn't really count. For the most part, surgery goes to the surgeons.
2007-06-06 16:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are trauma surgeons, but the ER docs who report for their shift in the ER each day do not go to surgery.
2007-06-06 13:00:00 · answer #4 · answered by Pahd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they do not. They call in a surgical consultation from a surgeon.
2007-06-06 11:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by dct14300 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-06-06 12:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by einsteinliam2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋