ER residency in Saudi Arabia
Fast assessment and treatment of anyone who arrives, at any age and with any problem.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 72.9%. Training length: 4 years.
Rotations during residency
- Emergency medicine (R1 to R2)
- Emergency medicine (R3 to R4)
- Anesthesia
- Cardiac intensive care
- Emergency medical services (EMS)
- Hajj mission
- Adult intensive care
- Neuroscience
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Orthopedic surgery
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Pediatric and neonatal intensive care
- Psychiatry
- Research
Schedule overview
- R1 to R2: Emergency medicine plus anesthesia, ICU and other units
- R3 to R4: Emergency medicine senior blocks, EMS, Hajj mission, pediatric emergency, research
Most common encounters
- Chest pain and shortness of breath
- Trauma and road injuries
- Sepsis
- Stroke
- Abdominal pain
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Seizures
- Overdose and poisoning
- Fever in children
- Heat illness
Most common procedures
- Intubation and airway rescue
- Central venous lines
- Chest tubes
- FAST and point-of-care ultrasound
- Defibrillation and cardioversion
- Procedural sedation
- Fracture reduction and splinting
- Lumbar puncture
- Laceration repair
- Leading a resuscitation
Fellowships after residency
- Toxicology (1 year)
- EMS and disaster medicine (1 year)
- Critical care (2 to 3 years)
- Emergency ultrasound (1 year)
- Pediatric emergency medicine (2 to 3 years)
- Medical education (1 year)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Medina: 2026 59.5%, 2025 68.4%
- Mecca: 2026 60.6%, 2025 63.2%
- Jeddah: 2026 61.5%, 2025 79.6%
- Riyadh: 2026 62.7%, 2025 68.3%
- Buraidah: 2026 64.0%, 2025 60.2%
- Khamis Mushait: 2026 65.8%, 2025 56.2%
- Dammam: 2026 68.5%, 2025 71.0%
- Hail: 2026 72.9%, 2025 73.7%
- Jubail: 2026 73.0%, 2025 77.8%
- Arar: 2026 73.4%, 2025 73.8%
- Taif: 2026 74.0%, 2025 75.6%
- Khobar: 2026 77.0%, 2025 80.5%
- Alahsa: 2026 78.0%, 2025 77.9%
- Dhahran: 2026 79.9%, 2025 79.6%
- Abha: 2026 80.6%, 2025 67.5%
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