Evaluating America’s Emergency Rooms: New Concerns and Possible Solutions
“Gloom, despair and agony on me. Deep dark depression, excessive misery.” The renowned refrain from the old Hee Haw television series exemplifies the mood of many as they assess the status of their hospital’s emergency department. It’s bad enough to have to hear the wails and weeping coming from these patients and to see their traumatic, sometimes gruesome, injuries. It’s bad enough to have to live in that chaotic world for an 8- to 12-hour shift; but to additionally endure…