SMA Centennial

My Perspective on the History of Emergency Medicine

Authors: Paula Oliver Pell, MD, FACEP, FAAP

Abstract

One hundred years ago, virtually all medicine was emergent and nearly all physicians were generalists. Patients sought out physicians for pain relief or for treatment of injuries. Therapy was much more likely to be given in a patient’s home or a physician’s office than in a hospital setting.

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