National inventory of emergency departments in Singapore

National inventory of emergency departments in Singapore

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Emergency departments (EDs) are the basic units of emergency care. We performed a national inventory of all Singapore EDs and describe their characteristics and capabilities. METHODS Singapore EDs accessible to the general public 24/7 were surveyed using the National ED Inventories instrument ( http://www.emnet-nedi.org). ED staff members were asked about ED cha...

National survey of pediatric services available in US emergency departments

BACKGROUND Children account for nearly 20% of all US emergency department (ED) visits, yet previous national surveys found that many EDs lack specialized pediatric care. In response, a 2001 joint policy statement recommended resources needed by EDs for effective pediatric emergency care delivery. We sought to update and enhance previous estimates of pediatric services available in US EDs. MET...

National survey of preventive health services in US emergency departments.

STUDY OBJECTIVE We describe the availability of preventive health services in US emergency departments (EDs), as well as ED directors' preferred service and perceptions of barriers to offering preventive services. METHODS Using the 2007 National Emergency Department Inventory (NEDI)-USA, we randomly sampled 350 (7%) of 4,874 EDs. We surveyed directors of these EDs to determine the availabilit...

Violence in Philadelphia emergency departments reflects national trends.

Clinical Pharmacy Services in Canadian Emergency Departments: A National Survey.

BACKGROUND Providing clinical pharmacy services in emergency departments (EDs) is important because adverse drug events commonly occur before, during, and after ED encounters. Survey studies in the United States have indicated a relatively low presence of clinical pharmacy services in the ED setting, but a descriptive survey specific to Canada has not yet been performed. OBJECTIVES To describ...