Abstract:Overcrowding in emergency departments (ED) could
delay and alter the quality of critical services provided.
Despite the generalization of developed triage system,
the rate of nonurgent applicants is still considerable
worldwide. This usually leads to long waiting patients
lists, healthcare practitioners over stress, and patients
unsastisfaction. A recent literature review reported that
between 4.8% to 90% of ED patients were potentially
nonurgent cases and the sudden death cases reported
in ED should be simply… Show more
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