The Influence of Critical Care Medicine on the Development of the Specialty of Emergency Medicine: A Historical Perspective

Through their largely concurrent development, the specialties of emergency medicine and critical care medicine have exerted a great deal of influence on each other. In this article, the authors trace the commonalities that emergency medicine and critical care medicine have shared and report on the h...

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Published in:Academic emergency medicine 2005-09, Vol.12 (9), p.879-883
Main Authors: Somand, David, Zink, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
critical care medicine
emergency medicine
historical perspective
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Summary:Through their largely concurrent development, the specialties of emergency medicine and critical care medicine have exerted a great deal of influence on each other. In this article, the authors trace the commonalities that emergency medicine and critical care medicine have shared and report on the historical relationship between the two specialties. As issues between emergency medicine and critical care medicine continue to emerge, the authors hope to inform the current discussion by bringing to light the controversies and questions that have been debated in the past.
ISSN:1069-6563
1553-2712
DOI:10.1197/j.aem.2005.04.016