Qualifications of Emergency Physicians

Qualifications of Emergency Physicians 1. For those physicians providing emergency medicine coverage, board certification in Emergency Medicine or General/Pediatric Surgery is required or current certification in ATLS. 2. Alternate criteria for the non-boarded physician working in the Emergency Department are as follows: a. He/she must be licensed to practice medicine. b. He/she must be approved by the hospital’s credentialing committee for emergency medicine privileges. c. The physicians meet all criteria established by the pediatric trauma and emergency medicine directors to serve on the pediatric trauma team. d. The physician’s experience in caring for the pediatric trauma patient must be tracked by the trauma PI program. e. The pediatric trauma and emergency medicine directors must attend to the physician’s experience and quality as part of the recurring granting of pediatric trauma team privileges. f. ATLS must be obtained within 18 months of hire. 3. The emergency medicine liaison must participate in a multidisciplinary trauma committee, the PI process; maintain committee attendance at least fifty percent (50%) over a year’s period of time. General/Pediatric Surgery and Emergency physicians must be currently certified in ATLS (ATLS requirements are waived for Board Certified Emergency Medicine and Board Certified General / Pediatric Surgery physicians), and it is required they be involved in at least eight (8) hours of trauma related CME every 3 years.