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Emergency care is on life support, advisory group says.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-SEP-06 		Format: Online
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Overcrowding, underfunding, outdated equipment, and no readiness to handle a major medical disaster like an epidemic or a hurricane--that sounds like a description of the medical system of an underdeveloped country. But those are just some of the frightening conditions afflicting emergency care in the United States, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

The IOM, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences that serves as an independent government advisory group, convened a committee in 2003 to study the nation's emergency medical services. In June, the committee published its research in three reports-Emergency Medical Services at the Crossroads; Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains; and Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point--that present a sobering picture of the country's emergency departments.

Among their...

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