Just like any other specialty PM&R has its emergencies, like AD in an SCI patient or AMI during ETT procedure and so on. But, emergencies are not a regular part of day to day job. Now-a-days, the concept of Hyper-acute rehab has come up where a physiatrist is working in concert with a trauma team especially in polytrauma patients to prevent impairments and improve overall outcome. There they may have to attend acute injuries which are actual life threatening emergencies. It depends on the sub-specialty.

Madden Pikula it’s pretty difficult to do sports medicine full time so they split a lot of time between working as a normal PM&R stuff and non surgical sports injury procedures

Did I see you name in the Dallas Morning News?

U r everywhere bro 😁

Me too, but i can't decide between pm&r or family medicine😫 its so hard to choose

yerebiz pmr is a looot more neuro/msk and fm is much broader. Depends on how specialized you want to be. Fm docs are usually not as good at msk/neuro as pmr docs

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Adnan A bro you are everywhere😂 but I’m a second year med student and consider PMR big time! I haven’t checked out your channel in a while, but I’m excited to see what you decided. If PMR looking forward to learning more about the field from you.

M T Family Medicine doctors can also deliver babies. It is not the exclusive domain of an OB/GYN Your reasoning is not sound. There is overlap in procedures done in different specialties.

You seem incredibly mis informed. Pain medicine/management is a fellowship thats easily accessible to PM&R docs. Along with neurology, anesthesiology, and psychiatry. And yes PM&R docs are DOCTORS. 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of med school and 4 years of residency. They can perform the same procedures as an anesthesiology pain medicine sub specialist, their fellow ship is combined.

M T My point was that the procedures done by different specialties overlap. I don't consider this a problem as long as 1) They can show they are properly trained. 2) They know what they can't handle. Plus, PM&R doctors are trained in the context of rehab. That is what they bring to the table. Also, as someone with Cerebral Palsy, I CAN see their place in pain management.

He's literally dense lol, PM&R docs literally have MANY fellowships open to them that cross over to MANY different specialties.

Abdiaziz Hassan I know. He also keeps bringing up physical therapy even though physical therapy is done by physical therapists. That is as it should be because that is what physical therapists go to school for.

Shannon G Because the people that did this video didn’t know what they were doing.

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No. PMR societies are present in more than 70 countries all over the world

Theyre not going to do EMG's, nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulators, kyphoplasty's, neuromusculoskeletal diagnostics, botox injections for spasticity etc., all at once. PM&R docs dont do therapy. You dont know what you're talking about.

I really don't understand why PT's don't recognize PMR as a medical speciality like orthopaedic surgery, cardiology and so on. Morevover I should advice that physical therapy in a part of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PT is a part of the cake, not the entire cake as my Prof said one time). Convince yourself.

Anas Omar There is a reason Nurse are called Nurse and Doctors are called Doctor. It is not about your openion but limited knowledge. Try to learn May god be with you !

Bon Scott Stupid.