Certified physician assistant vs emergency medicine, physician assistant

Differences between certified physician assistant and emergency medicine, physician assistant duties and responsibilities

Certified physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Provide bio-identical hormone replacement therapy to select patients and provide coordination of patient care in a rural primary care setting.
• Perform comprehensive history and physical exams and provide a multidisciplinary care plan for patients suffering from acute and chronic pain.
• Perform suturing repair for laceration repairs.
• Work in an outpatient orthopedic clinic with emphasis on physical medicine, rehabilitation of both chronic and acute orthopedic conditions.
• Document all procedures via dictation or handwritten in patient chart.

Emergency medicine, physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a wide variety of chronic health problems including hypertension, diabetes, endocrine disorders and psychiatric illness.
• Manage lower acuity patients independently and staff higher acuity patients with an attending physician.
• Evaluate and manage patients with acute illnesses/injuries in a fast pace, dynamic emergency department environment.
• Develop and teach a diabetes education course in Spanish.
• Assist with lumbar punctures, central lines, intubation and resuscitation.
• Execute emergency endotracheal intubation, passage of NG tubes and long intestinal tubes, CPR and defibrillation.
Show more