title: [The department of interdisciplinary emergency medicine: organization, structure and process optimization].
abstract: The essential tasks of a department of interdisciplinary emergency medicine are the initial triage and assessment of vital function as well as the subsequent organization und initiation of emergency treatment. A previously defined set of diagnostic and therapeutic measures is carried out before the patient is allocated to an in-hospital clinical service and is admitted to a ward. Moreover, diagnosis and treatment for outpatients are performed. "Time" is a critical factor to be considered for all organizational and structural aspects of a department of interdisciplinary emergency medicine.
authors.affiliation: Klinikums Fulda gAG. michael.bernhard@klinikum-fulda.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernhard
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pietsch
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gries
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration*