TY - JOUR AU - Sule, Harsh AU - Kazimov, Shirin AU - Shahmaliyev, Oktay AU - Sirois, Adam PY - 2008 DA - 2008/04/01 TI - State of emergency medicine in Azerbaijan JO - International Journal of Emergency Medicine SP - 3 EP - 9 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - There has been no previous study into the state of emergency medicine in Azerbaijan. As a legacy of the Soviet Semashko system, the “specialty” model of emergency medicine and integrated emergency departments do not exist here. Instead, pre-hospital emergency care is delivered by ambulance physicians and in-hospital care by individual departments, often in specialty hospitals. Emergency care is therefore fragmented, highly specialized and inefficient. SN - 1865-1380 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0009-3 DO - 10.1007/s12245-008-0009-3 ID - Sule2008 ER -