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One of the most fascinating aspects of emergency medicine is the huge range of maladies seen in patients who arrive on a daily basis. No other medical specialty has the variety of conditions an emergency room physician sees in a typical week.
Conditions that bring people to the emergency room can include:
- Auto accidents
- Sports injuries
- A multitude of broken bones or cuts from accidents and falls
- Burns
- Uncontrollable bleeding
- Heart attacks, chest pain
- Difficulty in breathing, including asthma attacks and pneumonia
- Strokes that can include loss of function and numbness in arms or legs
- Loss of sight or hearing
- Unconsciousness
- Confusion or altered levels of consciousness (such as fainting)
- Suicidal or homicidal thoughts
- Drug overdoses
- Severe abdominal pain and persistent vomiting
- Food poisoning
- Blood in vomit, urine, in bowel movements or when coughing
- Severe allergic reactions that can be caused by insect bites, foods or medications
- Complications from diseases and high fevers
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