How to manage crowding in the ED
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How to manage crowding in the ED

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

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Crowding is when the number of patients occupying the emergency department (ED) is beyond the capacity for which it was designed and resourced to manage at any one time, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

Emergency Nurse. 28, 6, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/en.28.6.11.s9

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