Impact of emergency department crowding on emergency clinical practice
Abstract：Emergency department (ED) crowding represents a worldwide crisis, which may seriously affect the access and quality of health care .The most important themes include the increases of ambulance diversion and leaving without being seen , the delays in care for time -sensitive diseases such as acute myocardial infarction and stroke .It contributes to various adverse outcomes , medical errors and low patient satisfaction . The ED crowding also influences the emergency resident training .The assessment and mitigation strategies are focus on input ,throughput and output parts .However,there are no effective strategies till now .
Keywords：Emergency departmentCrowdingStrategy
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1085-1089,1090 )