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Emergency department overcrowding: ambulance diversion and the legal duty to care.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Upfold, J. B. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | In January 2000 hospital emergency departments across Canada were overwhelmed with influenza patients. In the early hours of Jan. 14, when Joshua Fleuelling was in severe respiratory distress, no advanced life-support paramedics were available and the emergency department only 3 to 4 minutes from |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 11873921 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 166 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://home.smh.com/sections/services-procedures/medlib/Pandemic/Pan_Nursing/NLM_Upfold_11873921_043009.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.cmaj.ca/content/166/4/445.full.pdf |
| Journal | CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |