Over the past few decades, specialization in emergency medicine has grown and developed in response to a burgeoning need in the Philippines. An emergency physician diagnoses and treats patients with critical illnesses or injuries, particularly trauma victims with multiple organ dysfunction who require immediate care.
Time is of the essence in an emergency. The key is to determine who can and cannot wait as far as getting immediate care is concerned. This requires precision training and mentoring, as situations are never clear cut and straightforward. Assessing a patient requires careful observation, skills in physical examination, and sound decision-making.
This February 17, from 12nn to 2pm, the University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Telehealth Center (NTC), and in cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH), would like to invite you to join the fight against C.O.V.I.D—current COVID-19 problems, other outbreaks, viruses, infections, and disasters.
This episode of UP’s “Stop C.O.V.I.D. Deaths” webinar series, titled “SAKLOLO! EMERGENCY PO! The Specialty of Emergency Medicine”, will focus on the Emergency Department of the UP-PGH, its history, and its operations. The discussion will also include updates on the management of commonly encountered emergency cases and an explanation of the range and scope of emergency medicine as a specialty.
The panel consists of doctors from the UP-PGH Department of Emergency Medicine: Dr. Marjorie Cruz, Chief Emergency Medicine Specialist; Dr. Christopher Manalo, Emergency Medicine Specialist; and Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, Founding and Current Chair of the department. Dr. Leo Cubillan, the newly appointed UP System Vice President for Academic Affairs, will also share his thoughts.
Register here and catch our weekly live tweets and streams via the UP System Twitter account, TVUP’s YouTube channel, and Facebook page.
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