emergency physician

English

Noun

emergency physician (plural emergency physicians)

1. A physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.

Synonyms

• (UK) A & E doctor
• (UK) accident and emergency doctor
• emergency doctor
• ER doctor
• ER physician

Translations

emergency physician

• French: médecin d’urgence m, urgentiste (fr) m or f, médecin urgentiste (fr) m, urgentologue (fr) m or f (Canadian French)
• German: Notarzt (de) m, Notärztin (de) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Nootdokter m, Nootdokterin f, Nootdoktersch f, Nootdoktersche f

• Portuguese: emergencista m or f, médico emergencista m, médica emergencista f
• Russian: врач ско́рой по́мощи m (vrač skóroj pómošči)
• Swedish: akutläkare (sv) c

See also

• emergency department
• emergency medicine
• emergency medical service (EMS)
• emergency room
• emergency ward
• emergency worker