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- Title
Introduction of a 4-hour rule in Western Australian Emergency Departments.
- Authors
Mountain, David
- Abstract
The article discusses the introduction of a 4-hour rule in Western Australian emergency departments (EDs) in which most ED patients are examined, treated, or admitted to the hospital within four hours. Topics include an overview of the conditions in Western Australian EDs that gained media attention, such as ambulance delays, and the challenges of planning and implementing Great Britain's four hour rule in Western Australian EDs.
- Subjects
WESTERN Australia; HOSPITAL emergency services -- Law &; legislation; CROWDS; HOSPITAL emergency services; TIME; STANDARDS; PREVENTION
- Publication
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2010, Vol 22, Issue 5, p374
- ISSN
1742-6731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01327.x