Bjorn Christopher Westgard MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
/Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician
/Emergency Medicine Physician
/Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
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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.
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.
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.
An individual who is enrolled in an organized health care education/training program leading to a degree, certification, registration, and/or licensure to provide health care.
Health Insurance Plans Bjorn Christopher Westgard accepts
Issuer | Network | State | Plan Year | New Patients | Last Updated |
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Medica Health Plans | PREFERRED | ND | 2024 | accepting | Mar 12 2024 |
Medica Community Health Plan | PREFERRED | WI | 2024 | accepting | May 20 2024 |
Source: CMS.gov, HealthPorta API