Altoona Emergency Physicians

An emergency physician is a doctor who is an expert in handling conditions of an urgent and extremely dangerous nature. These specialists work in the emergency room (ER) departments of hospitals where they oversee cases involving cardiac distress, trauma, fractures, lacerations and other acute conditions.

Emergency physicians are specially trained to make urgent life-saving decisions to treat patients during an emergency medical crisis. These doctors diagnose and stabilize patients before they are either well enough to be discharged, or transferred to the appropriate department for long-term care.

The area of Altoona, PA has a population of approximately 63,424 people. There are 14 emergency physicians near Altoona, which gives it a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 4,530 residents or a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 1,874 households. There are 26,241 households in Altoona.