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Position Statement on Over-crowded Emergency Departments
A hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is the area dedicated to receiving patients suffering sudden illness or injury. Medical and nursing staff with specialist EM training diagnose and treat patients 24 hours per day, working to treat and discharge patients home and to resuscitate and stabilize very sick patients who need hospital admission.