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emergency department (ED), (in a health care facility) a section of an institution that is staffed and equipped to provide rapid and varied emergency care, especially for those who are stricken with sudden and acute illness or who are the victims of severe trauma. The emergency department may use a triage system of screening and classifying clients to determine priority needs for the most efficient use of available personnel and equipment. Also called emergency room. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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INO general secretary, Liam Doran
(pictured centre) warned the number of admitted patients lying on
trolleys and awaiting hospital beds was growing, and said members
working in accident and emergency departments were enduring overcrowding
on a greater than ever scale. Randomised controlled trial and cost consequences study comparing
initial physiotherapy assessment and management with routine practice
for selected patients in an accident and emergency department of an
acute hospital. That outbreak mainly involved
staff working at the Accident and Emergency Department and the index
ward where a SARS patient had been treated. |
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