Major Myth-conceptions of ED overcrowding
Creation myths:
An ED problem due to GP type patients and inefficient EDs
Outcomes / management myth:
Poor patient outcomes are rare
Poor outcomes have minimal consequences
Therefore - ERs are good places to store excess admitted patients
Solution myths:
Access block is inevitable and insoluble AND / OR
Access block can be sorted out by GP clinics, telephone lines or [...]
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Many recent blogs have discussed or linked to articles about patients who have died in ED waiting rooms. Thanks to SymTym for some other examples - from Sacramento, and more evidence of problems with ER waiting times in the US. There is even an erudite weblog to help health care providers shorten waiting times and improve patient [...]
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Whose Line - Hospital Rap
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Some days the ticking of the clock provides the backdrop.
Other days - the syncopation of ‘rocksteady’ S1-S2 beats juxtapose with palpable adrenaline, monitor alarms and fast rhythmic monologue to create a motivational swirl of energy which encapsulates your ‘perpetual motion’ of a day….
Usually some physical exercise, a swift drink and a slap to the face is enough [...]
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