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What really is an emergency?
Here's the reason I ask. It seems to me, the whole point of defining exactly what an emergency is (or isn't) is to decide which patients are going to be seen the quickest. If we are committed to seeing every single patient in seconds to minutes ("must have a 'door to doctor' time <15 min!") then what is the point in having a distinction, without a difference.
Don't forget to answer the poll. Read the question carefully. I'm not asking what you think the definition of an emergency is, but what the acting definition is, due to today's policies, in today's world.
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Here's the reason I ask. It seems to me, the whole point of defining exactly what an emergency is (or isn't) is to decide which patients are going to be seen the quickest. If we are committed to seeing every single patient in seconds to minutes ("must have a 'door to doctor' time <15 min!") then what is the point in having a distinction, without a difference.
Don't forget to answer the poll. Read the question carefully. I'm not asking what you think the definition of an emergency is, but what the acting definition is, due to today's policies, in today's world.
🙂
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