Emergency department overcrowding : Analysis and strategies to manage an international phenomenon - Lindner, G.; Woitok, B. K. (Wien Klin Wochenschr, 2020)
Overcrowding in emergency departments is a common and worldwide phenomenon, which is widely reported even in the lay press. Strategies to address this incriminating situation for patients, nurses, physicians and hospital administrators are urgently needed. The current review presents an analysis of the overcrowding problem as well as strategies to answer overcrowding situations.
Keywords: journalArticle; *Crowding; *Emergency Service, Hospital; Fast-Track; Humans; Patient-Flow; Team-Triage; Triage; Waiting time