Physician assistants work in all areas of medicine, including primary care and family medicine, emergency medicine, and psychiatry. The work of physician assistants depends in large part on their specialty and what their supervising physician needs them to do.For example, a physician assistant working in surgery may close incisions and provide care before and after the operation.s more physicians retire or enter specialty areas of medicine, more physician assistants are expected to take on the role of primary care provider. Furthermore, the number of individuals who have access to primary care services will increase as a result of federal health insurance reform.
Call your doctor if your cough doesn't go away after several weeks or if you or your child is: 1  Coughing up thick, greenish-yellow phlegm. 2  Wheezing. 3  Experiencing a fever more than 100 F (38 C) 4  Experiencing shortness of breath.
1 Do not give an OTC allergy medicine with diphenhydramine or a cough and cold product containing diphenhydramine to a child under the age of 6 unless a healthcare provider tells you to. 2  Do not give a nighttime sleep aid to a child under the age of 12. 3  Excitability may occur, especially in children.