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Emergency Medicine Physicians: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.

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This source lists 17 tasks, including 17 marked Core and 0 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2025.

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Core · Task 22730 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.

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Core · Task 22723 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.

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Core · Task 22726 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.

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Core · Task 22731 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Stabilize patients in critical condition.

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Core · Task 22727 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.

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Core · Task 22715 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.

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Core · Task 22720 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.

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Core · Task 22719 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.

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Core · Task 22718 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.

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Core · Task 22725 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.

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Core · Task 22721 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.

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Core · Task 22729 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.

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Core · Task 22717 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Collect and record patient information, such as medical history or examination results, in electronic or handwritten medical records.

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Core · Task 22722 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.

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Core · Task 22724 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.

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Core · Task 22716 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.

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Core · Task 22728 · 08/2025 · Occupational Expert

Refer patients to specialists or other practitioners.

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