Emergency departments in crisis: opportunities for research. Health Services Research (2/1/2007)
...Kellerman, M.D., a prominent emergency physician from Emory University. Although...and concerns about the ability of our emergency system to handle large-scale events, it is clear that emergency rooms in the country are barely able...

EMERGENCY ROOMS CONFRONT A CRISIS OF PATIENT ARRIVALS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (6/15/2006)
...day-to-day emergencies. Emergency rooms are far...6 percent of emergency departments have...treat pediatric emergencies, and few have...true medical emergencies. When the poor...they go to emergency rooms, which...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. States News Service (6/29/2011)
...information on emergency preparedness...Disasters and emergencies can affect...about local emergencies is to register...Community Emergency Alert Network...sign up for emergency alerts from...prepare for emergencies.

Holmes on emergencies. Stanford Law Review (10/1/2008)
...and duration of an emergency are questions of fact. Emergencies are intrinsically...of fact whether an emergency, once begun, has...termination of an emergency as soon as possible. (3) During emergencies there are no nonderogable...

EMERGENCY VISITS ARE INCREASING, NEW POLL FINDS; MANY PATIENTS REFERRED BY PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS. States News Service (4/28/2011)
...The following information was released by the American College of Emergency Physicians: More than 80 percent of emergency physicians responding to a poll said emergency visits are increasing in their emergency departments, with half reporting...

Emergency Ultrasound Part I: Pelvic Ultrasound and the First Trimester Patient. Emergency Medicine Reports (1/1/2003)
...between radiologists and emergency physicians, these barriers are eroding as emergency physicians safely and...treat life-threatening emergencies. In this article and...education to a wide variety of emergency physicians who either...

Emergency physicians operate on the precipice of U.S. health care. The BBI Newsletter (11/1/1998)
SAN DIEGO, California - Emergency physicians are on the front line...400 physicians who specialize in emergency medicine gathered here in mid-October...meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Emergency department...

Emergency Visits Are Increasing, New ACEP Poll Finds; Many Patients Referred By Primary Care Doctors. Managed Care Weekly Digest (5/9/2011)
More than 80 percent of emergency physicians responding to an ACEP poll said emergency visits are increasing in their emergency departments, with half reporting significant rises, and more than 90 percent expecting increases in the next year...

Emergency Physicians Take Issue with Secretary Sebelius' Statements about Emergency Care and "Medical Homes". Biotech Week (5/27/2009)
...nor does it put an end to emergencies." Dr. Jouriles said emergency departments are a health...insured or uninsured, and emergency physicians are leaders in preventing medical emergencies. "Emergency physicians treat 120 million...