Memphis 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 Memphis, TN has a population of approximately 697,385 people. There are 141 emergency physicians near Memphis, which gives it a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 4,946 residents or a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 1,881 households. There are 265,247 households in Memphis.