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A Doctor’s Diary: The Overnight Shift in the E.R.

In the typical emergency room,

demand far outpaces the care that workers can provide.

Can the E.R. be fixed?

NYT

Dec. 16, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/
health/emergency-room-medicine.html

emergency room    E.R.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/
opinion/emergency-room-hospitals-violence.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/
a-boy-went-to-a-covid-swamped-er-
he-waited-for-hours-then-his-appendix-burst - September 15, 2021

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/02/20/
968696085/the-essence-of-truth-
a-doctors-photos-document-the-covid-19-crisis-in-the-er

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/17/
946910354/er-doctor-says-he-walks-into-a-war-zone-every-day

https://www.propublica.org/article/
she-needed-lifesaving-medication-
but-the-only-hospital-in-town-did-not-have-it - July 1, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/
nyregion/new-york-city-doctor-suicide-coronavirus.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/
opinion/sunday/coronavirus-hospitals-bronx.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
nyregion/coronavirus-brooklyn-janie-marshall-cassandra-lundy.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/
822228196/coronavirus-pandemic-takes-a-toll-on-er-doctors-health-and-families

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/
health/emergency-room-medicine.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/28/
688350600/a-fainting-spell-after-a-flu-shot-leads-to-4-692-er-visit

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/29/
599892160/failing-patients-baltimore-video-highlights-crisis-of-emergency-psychiatric-care

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/20/
577139699/er-reduces-opioid-use-by-more-than-half-with-dry-needles-laughing-gas

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/09/02/
547945860/in-a-houston-emergency-room-it-was-a-week-like-no-other

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/26/
530012837/can-comfort-care-at-the-er-help-older-people-live-longer-and-suffer-less

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/
opinion/sunday/how-to-tell-a-mother-her-child-is-dead.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/
opinion/how-to-solve-the-er-problem.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/10/
396884295/a-life-saving-medication-that-my-patient-didn-t-get

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/
emergency-rooms-are-no-place-for-the-elderly/

at the E.R.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/
opinion/at-the-er-bearing-witness-to-gun-violence.html

emergency services

emergency medical practices — about when to use ventilators

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/
nyregion/new-york-coronavirus.html

emergency medical technician    EMT

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/21/
1040425763/in-maine-a-looming-vaccine-deadline-for-emts-is-stressing-small-town-ambulance-c

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/25/
495052633/deadly-opioid-overwhelms-first-responders-and-crime-labs-in-ohio

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-24-
emt-killing_x.htm

emergency physician

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/04/10/
396884295/a-life-saving-medication-that-my-patient-didn-t-get

emergency room doctor / ER doctor

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/
opinion/emergency-room-hospitals-violence.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/
nyregion/new-york-city-doctor-suicide-coronavirus.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/
822228196/coronavirus-pandemic-takes-a-toll-on-er-doctors-health-and-families

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/05/
522735518/emergency-room-doctors-are-picking-noses-for-drug-delivery-that-is

emergency care

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/18/
751467075/no-mercy-after-the-hospital-closes-
how-do-people-get-emergency-care

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation    C.P.R. / CPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/29/
1177914622/a-natural-death-may-be-preferable-for-many-
than-enduring-cpr

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/30/
512426568/doctor-considers-the-pitfalls-of-extending-life-and-prolonging-death

911 system

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/
nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-ems.html

paramedics / emergency workers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
opinion/coronavirus-paramedics-emt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/
nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-ems.html

New York Fire Department paramedic

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
opinion/coronavirus-paramedics-emt.html

Black paramedics > Freedom House Ambulance Service

- the all-Black team of paramedics

who pioneered the profession

from 1968-1975 in Pittsburgh.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/05/
1132533191/how-a-team-of-black-paramedics-set-the-gold-standard-for-emergency-medical-respo

ambulance services > respond to emergencies / 911 calls

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/05/
1012418938/rural-ambulance-services-at-risk-as-volunteers-age-and-expenses-mount

Emergency Medical services    EMS

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/05/
1012418938/rural-ambulance-services-at-risk-
as-volunteers-age-and-expenses-mount

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