I recently worked an evening shift in the emergency department the day before New Year’s Eve. Patients arrived in waves, by car and by ambulance. They seemed to check into the triage area every few minutes. When I left at midnight, there were 23 patients awaiting admission in the ER waiting for four, six, 12
Hospitals at a breaking point: Lack of staff and resources leave ERs in chaos originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
