Emergency medicine, physician assistant vs general surgery physician assistant

Differences between emergency medicine, physician assistant and general surgery 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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General surgery 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.
• Develop basic surgical skills, such as suturing, retracting of tissue; debridement of wounds.
• Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and radiology test within the scope of professional practice.
• Educate patients on post-operative recovery and discharge needs.
• Evaluate patients for admission from the emergency room and perform inpatient consultations.
• Monitor stress testing; review nuclear component of stress images; conduct cardiology consultations inpatient and outpatient settings.
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