Accident and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom.
This article describes the history and current status of the practice of hospital-based accident and emergency (A&E) medicine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Included are comments on training and certification, the operations of the typical A&E department, and developments in research and academics. Also included are the authors' thoughts on issues of future importance to A&E medicine. As transatlantic links at all levels become increasingly common in this dynamic specialty, we clarify unfamiliar terminology and practices for international readers.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. mchughd@med.unc.edu
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D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration; D003253:Consultants; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom