Running an emergency department is like a battle: It takes an army
The last few days have been rough. The emergency department is overcrowded, and patients have been very sick. Treatments were labor-intensive, and patients holding in the ED took up valuable resources at the cost of others. I could see the frustration on the faces of physicians, nurses and other staff. A physician and a nurse separately pulled me aside to have conversations about what the ED has become and why …
Running an emergency department is like a battle: It takes an army
