Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future

Although emergency medical services (EMS) and pre-hospital care have existed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 1934, emergency medicine (EM) is a relatively new medical field in the country that was not formally recognized as a medical specialty until 2001. In 2005, the Saudi Board of Emerg...

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Autores principales: Khattab, Eyad, Sabbagh, Abdulrahman, Aljerian, Nawfal, Binsalleeh, Hashim, Almulhim, Mobarak, Alqahtani, Abdulrahman, Alsalamah, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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State of International Emergency medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31286863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0232-0
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author Khattab, Eyad
Sabbagh, Abdulrahman
Aljerian, Nawfal
Binsalleeh, Hashim
Almulhim, Mobarak
Alqahtani, Abdulrahman
Alsalamah, Majid
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Sabbagh, Abdulrahman
Aljerian, Nawfal
Binsalleeh, Hashim
Almulhim, Mobarak
Alqahtani, Abdulrahman
Alsalamah, Majid
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description Although emergency medical services (EMS) and pre-hospital care have existed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 1934, emergency medicine (EM) is a relatively new medical field in the country that was not formally recognized as a medical specialty until 2001. In 2005, the Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine formed to develop, implement, and evaluate a standardized curriculum for EM residents. Since then, EM and the pre-hospital system in the KSA has evolved and grown. This article provides an overview of emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia and the progress it has made in the pre-hospital system, healthcare delivery system, and emergency medicine training. Finally, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities faced as this specialty continues to develop.
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spelling pubmed-66152452019-07-22 Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future Khattab, Eyad Sabbagh, Abdulrahman Aljerian, Nawfal Binsalleeh, Hashim Almulhim, Mobarak Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Alsalamah, Majid Int J Emerg Med State of International Emergency medicine Although emergency medical services (EMS) and pre-hospital care have existed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 1934, emergency medicine (EM) is a relatively new medical field in the country that was not formally recognized as a medical specialty until 2001. In 2005, the Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine formed to develop, implement, and evaluate a standardized curriculum for EM residents. Since then, EM and the pre-hospital system in the KSA has evolved and grown. This article provides an overview of emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia and the progress it has made in the pre-hospital system, healthcare delivery system, and emergency medicine training. Finally, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities faced as this specialty continues to develop. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6615245/ /pubmed/31286863 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0232-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Alsalamah, Majid
Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
title Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
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title_fullStr Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
title_full_unstemmed Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
title_short Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
title_sort emergency medicine in saudi arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future
topic State of International Emergency medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615245/
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