The emergency department crisis: Why patient boarding is dangerous

Last night when I came to work most of the beds in our 31-bed emergency department (ED) were full. There were more than 20 patients either in the waiting room proper or in the chairs that serve as “rooms” behind the triage area. Much of the problem was the fact that we were boarding patients

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