Oak Harbor 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 Oak Harbor, WA has a population of approximately 38,888 people. There are 2 emergency physicians near Oak Harbor, which gives it a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 19,444 residents or a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 7,536 households. There are 15,072 households in Oak Harbor.