Emergency Medicine Locums – Perfect Time of Year in ALASKA

Emergency Medicine Locums – Perfect Time of Year in Alaska

License Status: Required – Alaska

Boards: Accepted EM/IM/FM

Shift times-12-hour shifts 8a-8p

Dates-  Starting in June and through September (10-12 shifts per month)

Census-  20 to 30 patients per 24 hours 

EMR- EPIC 

·       Critical access community hospital

·       Functions like a level IV trauma center

·       Transfers out major trauma to Providence Health center.   

·       APPS but not on every shift

·       10 – 20%% Admission rate. 

·       They have General surgery, CRNA, OB/GYN, Ortho, , Radiology, and Peds.

·       here is always one Physician in ED.  

·       Typical bread and butter critical access, rural demands

·       Wide variety of cases including Accidents, hypothermia, trauma, infections, strokes, seizures