Dr. Miquel Sánchez: the creation of a specialty in medical emergencies to ensure a good quality of care is needed ”.

day update. How are the emergency services? From within and from outside

-El Dr. Miquel Sánchez, President of the Catalan society of Medicine of urgencies and emergencies (SoCMUE) of the Academy of medical sciences and health in Catalonia and Balearic Islands, says that lack of specialization allows either serves to be in the Emergency Department. And adds that this obliges doctors from different specialties to form in a self-taught way in those areas where lacks it knowledge

-the lack of internal and specialized training in medical emergencies makes in some cases the residents responsible for emergency, according to the President of SoCMUE services

Barcelona, 2011-December La Jornada update: how are the emergency services? From within and from outside has counted with the presence of professionals in the medical sector in Catalonia. Items that have been analysed include those related to the reorganization of the service, due to the cuts by the Generalitat, and the lack of expertise in emergency medicine.

The creation of a MIR system specializing in emergency medicine is the main attraction of the President of the Catalan society of Medicine of urgencies and emergencies of the Academy of medical sciences and health of Catalonia and Balearic Islands, Dr. Miquel Sánchez. Lack of training in this area allows that any doctor, regardless of their specialty, can work in the Emergency Department ”.

Dr. Miquel Sanchez pointed out that this allows any medical emergency are forced to make a self-taught study of the issues where lacks it knowledge, because his specialty is not the. This method of learning does not guarantee adequate training for physicians or a proper quality of care for patients ” says the President of the SoCMUE.

Cuts in health has implemented the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia has prompted a change in the structure of the templates as well as the closure of hospital beds ”. This has led to according to Dr. Miquel Sánchez, the need for a reorganization of the service and in turn has led to a difficulty in the drainage of patients ”.

Although the name of physicians during the guards remains. The doctor says that there has been a decrease in strength during the workday, because some contracts has not been renewed ”.

Other topics analysed during the day has been the importance of nurses and residents in emergency. The latter have won unfortunately importance ” according to the President of SoCMUE, because they have become essential personnel in those emergency services where there is no sufficient own staff to run.

Dr. Miquel Sánchez has also criticized the high degree of responsibility that is required to be residents of emergencies, because they are students that have some limited knowledge and are not fully trained to deal with emergency medicine. The doctor points out that there are cases where there are eight residents and a single doctor responsible for the emergency service. For that reason, the President of the SoCMUE asserts that this role cannot be deformativo for residents and a great responsibility for the only doctor that is in front of the situation ”.

about La Academia ”

the Academy of medical sciences and health in Catalonia and Balearic Islands is an entity founded in 1872, with legal personality recognised officially, and constitutes a forum and site of meeting of professionals of the health of Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andorra. It is an independent service of the country and institution not linked to any official body.

Its purpose is to promote the study and the conreo of the Sciences of health in all its aspects: human, technical, social and civic, both in its part health care teaching and research.

It is a lively scientific community, the collective effort that adapts to the scientific needs of the moment, working in collaboration with other medical, biological and pharmaceutical, domestic and foreign companies, with a constant concern of progress.

It is the most important medical Corporation of our country, by the name of partners, more than 23,000. It consists of 80 scientific societies that bring together professionals in the health sciences. In the year 2010-2011 the volume of scientific activities jointly developed is superior to 1,700 acts and professionals who have attended are around the figure of 40,000 people.

It is present in Catalonia and Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andorra, through its 22 subsidiaries and their special characteristics, fruit of the momentum of civil society, can be considered that it is a unique institution.