Emergency medicine, physician assistant vs clinical physician assistant

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

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.
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Clinical physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Implement and manage cardiology internship college course.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Complete nursing assessments, complete care plans, perform ADL's, utilize lifts, alarms and transfer patients safely.
• Care for multiple patients in a fast pace setting and provide total care including all treatments, medications and ADL's.
• Perform tracheostomy care and suctioning for ventilator dependent patients.
• Provide physical therapy services in the inpatient rehabilitation unit and oncology floor.
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