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Emergency medicine by itself is an emerging opportunity in India. Apart from being consultants in EM, emergency physicians can become the best emergency department administrators, emergency medical services (EMS) directors, EMS & paramedic trainers, disaster planning consultants and first aid trainers for non medical personnel.

They can even be the best public relation officers (Due to the close association & intricate knowledge EPs have of the working of every specialty and their personnel. And due to excellent skills they have in managing any problem whether related to patients or their attenders)

Every emergency physician is trained appropriately in the latest and correct methods of cardiopulmonary, trauma and pediatric resuscitation skills. This makes them the best doctors to teach first aid and CPR skills. We are not telling that other doctors are incapable. But the nature of EM work provides ample skills needed for the EP to train anybody (whether medical or non medical) appropriately in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and trauma resuscitation.

A good emergency physician knows every single detail of the resuscitation & treatment methods of the sick & injured relating to almost every specialty. This makes the EP a great medicolegal consultant who can scan medical records and point out lacunae, as well as fix them!