Emergency medicine is treatment and medications administered to those who are critically ill due to injury or disease. An emergency physician, also called an intensivist, acts immediately to prevent death or disability to a patient in a hospital intensive care department or elsewhere if a patient requires emergency care. The physician’s time-sensitive response to treatment is necessary to save lives, stabilize injuries, and prevent further disability in patients who require immediate care.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 39,491 practicing emergency medicine doctors / intensivists. Broken out by state, emergency medicine doctor density in Alabama is 440, in Alaska is 108, in Arizona is 826, in Arkansas is 237, in California is 4,365, in Colorado is 715, in Connecticut is 423, in Delaware is 169, in District of Columbia is 193, in Florida is 2,074, in Georgia is 1,077, in Hawaii is 227, in Idaho is 157, in Illinois is 1,890, in Indiana is 770, in Iowa is 283, in Kansas is 235, in Kentucky is 605, in Louisiana is 624, in Maine is 222, in Maryland is 751, in Massachusetts is 1,089, in Michigan is 2,050, in Minnesota is 877, in Mississippi is 360, in Missouri is 951, in Montana is 122, in Nebraska is 146, in Nevada is 294, in New Hampshire is 169, in New Jersey is 997, in New Mexico is 327, in New York is 2,323, in North Carolina is 1,126, in North Dakota is 70, in Ohio is 1,705, in Oklahoma is 458, in Oregon is 577, in Pennsylvania is 2,185, in Rhode Island is 219, in South Carolina is 565, in South Dakota is 58, in Tennessee is 699, in Texas is 2,306, in Utah is 334, in Vermont is 83, in Virginia is 985, in Washington is 890, in West Virginia is 311, in Wisconsin is 707, and in Wyoming is 74.
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