Articles: emergency-services.
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To assess emergency medicine residents' perspectives on violence and personal safety in the emergency department. ⋯ Violence and personal safety in the ED are major concerns of emergency medicine residents.
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To assess the feasibility of coordinating home care services from an inner-city emergency department. ⋯ A significant proportion of elderly patients being discharged from the ED need home health services. Access to rapidly deployed home care services can obviate the need for hospital admission for a select group of debilitated patients. The provision of home care services from the ED is economically feasible.
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To determine the effect of Hurricane Andrew on a pediatric emergency department. ⋯ Following a hurricane, personnel in a pediatric ED can expect to see an increased census, with more diagnoses of open wounds, gastroenteritis, and skin infections. They may also see hydrocarbon and bleach ingestions. Alerting parents to the potential for injury and accidental poisoning in their children after a hurricane may help prevent the reported morbidity.