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Tag overcrowding
Postcards from the edge LITFL 340

Dear Potential Patient

A colleague just reminded me of one of my favorite 'letters' published in The Courier Mail, Queensland, Australia on May 04 2008. It pertains to the workings of the emergency physician.
American ER doc walkabout Rick Abbott LITFL 340

Overcrowded, understaffed and underfunded

Rick Abbott wonders why ERs across the world seem to have a few things in common: they're almost all overcrowded, understaffed and underfunded.... What can be done about it? It's just not cricket!