Code Blue: Crisis in the ER. / Nancy Shute and Mary Brophy Marcus.
by Shute, Nancy; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 16Health. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Clinics | Health services accessibility | Hospitals -- Emergency service | Hospitals -- Overcrowding | Labor supply | Medical personnelDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Across the nation, people who go to hospital emergency departments seeking treatment for sprains, chest pains, or a child's spiking fever are not met with the speedy service they expect but rather with delay and frustration....The national ER crisis has doctors and nurses feeling desperate, dreading the day when the crush and chaos will create the conditions for a fatal mistake." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article examines the medical crisis of Emergency Room care, as more and more ERs are overwhelmed with patients, those that could not afford insurance and use the ER as their primary care.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Code Blue: Crisis in the ER, Sept. 10, 2001; pp. 54-61.
"Across the nation, people who go to hospital emergency departments seeking treatment for sprains, chest pains, or a child's spiking fever are not met with the speedy service they expect but rather with delay and frustration....The national ER crisis has doctors and nurses feeling desperate, dreading the day when the crush and chaos will create the conditions for a fatal mistake." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article examines the medical crisis of Emergency Room care, as more and more ERs are overwhelmed with patients, those that could not afford insurance and use the ER as their primary care.
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