Emergency radiology is a subspecialty of diagnostic radiology that focuses on imaging to diagnose and manage medical conditions during a medical emergency.
Emergency radiologists collaborate with other healthcare providers to provide images that allow for the timely care of individuals who are experiencing a medical emergency.
This specialty is used in the following scenarios, among others:
- Chest pain and cardiac emergencies
- Foreign body ingestion or aspiration
- Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies
- Pediatric emergencies
- Stroke evaluation
- Suspected head injury
- Trauma evaluation
- Urologic emergencies
