马来西亚的紧急医疗卫生护理系统概念，自1950年代已存在；如同其他亚洲国家，相对于其他专科，急诊医学对整体卫生护理系统的功能及重要贡献一直被过分 低估。以往，院前护理管理的概念几乎并不存在，而急诊室被认为是表现欠佳医生的倾弃地。马来西亚的急诊医学专科训练仍处于初步阶段，还需很大的努力去改进训练课程。

The concept of emergency medical health care systems in Malaysia has existed since the 1950s. As in other countries in Asia, their functions and important contributions to the overall healthcare system have been much underestimated compared to other specialties. Historically, the concept of prehospital care management was almost non-existent and the casualty (accident & emergency department) was considered as a dumping place for under-performed medical officers. Postgraduate training in Emergency Medicine in Malaysia is still at its infancy and a lot more effort is required to improve the training program.

(Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2005;12:246-251)