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Effect of ambulance diversion on patient mortality: how access block can save your life
Author(s) -
Fatovich Daniel M
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00074.x
Subject(s) - citation , emergency department , library science , medicine , psychology , computer science , psychiatry
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA. Daniel M Fatovich, MB BS, FACEM, Clinical Associate Professor. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Dr Daniel M Fatovich, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital GPO Box X2213, Perth, WA 6847. daniel.fatovich@health.wa.gov.au The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 5/19 December 2005 183 11/12 672-673 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2005 www.mja.com.au Christmas Offerings Adverse events associated with ED overcrowding and ambulance diversion have been reported. These include impaired access to emergency care, compromised clinical care, prolonged pain and suffering, and prolonged inpatient length of stay. of amb would becaus capacit