Spokane 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 Spokane, WA has a population of approximately 342,856 people. There are 89 emergency physicians near Spokane, which gives it a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 3,852 residents or a ratio of 1 emergency physicians per 1,580 households. There are 140,579 households in Spokane.