Emergency Medicine Doctors in Taft, CA Accepting Medicare

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Burton Slanger, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 100 E North St, Taft, CA 93268
Phone: 661-765-1935    Fax: 661-765-1928

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Popular Specializations in Taft, CA:

Family Medicine
Pediatrics
General Practice
Emergency Medicine


Emergency Medicine: 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.


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