Sports Medicine Emergency Doctor
Dr. Sonya Y. Kim is a Sports Medicine Emergency Doctor in San Carlos, CA
with special training and skill in Sports Medicine and certified in Emergency Medicine.
As a Sports Medicine Emergency Doctor, Sonya Y. Kim, MD, MBA performs
emergency medical treatment of sports-related injuries. Emergency Sports Medicine is
the prevention and treatment of injuries in athletes that require immediate attention. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Sports Medicine Emergency Doctors include heat illness, concussions, fractures, heart attacks, and ACL tears.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sports Medicine Emergency Doctors
include resuscitations, imaging tests, intravenous fluid deliveries, and bone settings.
An emergency physician with special knowledge in sports medicine is responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention and management of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician has knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Knowledge of exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation and epidemiology is essential to the practice of sports medicine.
Sports Medicine Emergency Doctors in San Carlos, CA
Emergency Medicine Doctor
Dr. Sonya Y. Kim is an Emergency Medicine Doctor in San Carlos, CA
with special training and skill in addressing urgent illnesses and injuries in patients of all ages.
As an Emergency Medicine Doctor, Sonya Y. Kim, MD, MBA performs
in trauma centers, intensive care units, and emergency rooms. Emergency Medicine is
the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions that require immediate attention. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Emergency Medicine Doctors include severe injuries, trauma, sepsis, burns, acute coronary syndrome, poisoning, heart attack, and stroke.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Emergency Medicine Doctors
include CPR, ECG, projection radiography, CT scan, x-ray, blood testing, suturing, inserting chest tubs, setting bones, and admitting patients into hospitals.
An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
Emergency Medicine Doctors in San Carlos, CA
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Doctor
Pediatric Emergency Medicine is a clinical subspecialty that focuses on the care of the acutely ill or injured child in the setting of an emergency department.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Doctors in San Carlos, CA
Emergency Medicine Service Provider
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in non-hospital based emergency medical services (e.g., disaster site, accident scene, transport vehicle, etc.) to provide pre-hospital assessment, treatment, and transport patients.
Emergency Medicine Service Providers in San Carlos, CA
Hospice and Palliative Emergency Doctor
An emergency medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Hospice And Palliative Emergency Doctors in San Carlos, CA
Emergency Medicine Toxicologist
Dr. Sonya Y. Kim is an Emergency Medicine Toxicologist in San Carlos, CA
with special training and skill in addressing illness and injury caused by medications, industrial chemicals, biological hazards, and radiological agents.
As an Emergency Medicine Toxicologist, Sonya Y. Kim, MD, MBA performs
in emergency departments and poison control centers. Emergency Medicine Toxicology is
a medical subspecialty that diagnoses, treats, and prevents poisoning. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Emergency Medicine Toxicologists include workplace accidents involving chemicals, drug abuse withdrawal, overdoses, exposure to animal and plant venom, radiation poisoning, and biological terrorism.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Emergency Medicine Toxicologists
include first aid, mechanical ventilation, antidotes, and gastric lavage.
Medical toxicologists are physicians who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents. Medical toxicologists care for people in clinical, academic, governmental and public health settings, and provide poison control center leadership. Important areas of medical toxicology include acute drug poisoning, adverse drug events, drug abuse, addiction and withdrawal, chemicals and hazardous materials, terrorism preparedness, venomous bites and stings and environmental and workplace exposures.
Emergency Medicine Toxicologists in San Carlos, CA
Undersea and Hyperbaric Emergency Doctor
A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns, and bone infections. This specialist also serves as a consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations, and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.
Undersea And Hyperbaric Emergency Doctors in San Carlos, CA
