Emergency Medicine

• Specialty: Emergency Medicine • Board Requirements: BCEM only with EM experience • ACLS required for sedation privileges LOCUM COVERAGE ASSESSMENT: • Is the Locum Coverage needed short-term (3-6 months) or long-term (6+ months)? Short term • Is the Locum Coverage needed for a specific shift type: day, night or flexible availability? Day and Nights needed. • Is there a minimum amount of shifts required? No • Temp/Emergency Privileges granted? Yes, will need providers that have completely clean files and active license • Start Date: August 2021 PROGRAM DETAILS: • Annual Patient Volume: 42,705 • High Acuity • EM also has Fast Track • Patients per Hour: 1.59 • ED Bed Count: 340 hospital - 80 EM • 25% admission rate • Shift Times/ Coverage: 63hrs variable • APC Hours of Coverage: 21 variable • Scribe Coverage: N • EMR (both for patient charting and order entry): Meditech • Admitting Orders: Is the ED Physicians responsible for writing the orders? no • Trauma Center Designation: level 2 • Separate PEDS EM • Extensive back up specialties