The Crisis in America's Emergency Rooms and What Can Be Done

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/12/the-crisis-in-americas-emergency-rooms-and-what-can-be-done

America's emergency rooms are in crisis.
Emergency medicine encompasses the care of patients with traumatic injuries or serious signs and symptoms of disease. Quick evaluation and rapid treatment of these patients obviously cannot be done on an "elective" basis. These services are invariably provided under the auspices of a hospital and are available to patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.