Emergency medicine manages a complete spectrum of illnesses and injuries and involves the care for adult and pediatric patients with acute illnesses or injuries that require immediate medical attention. Emergency medicine may deal with first aid, choking, resuscitation, cardiac arrest management, life support, poison antidotes, anesthesia, wounds, fractures, orthopedics, foreign bodies in ear, nose and throat, trauma in pregnancy, alcohol intoxication and meningitis.
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