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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

On a busy day shift in the emergency department, our seasoned triage nurse comes to me after I finish caring for a hallway patient, “Hey, can you come see this guy in the triage room? This is the essence of emergency medicine. 4 However, emergency physicians rely on gestalt to predict outcomes well.

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Proper Preparation for Mass Casualty Incidents

Northwestern EM Blog

However, the ability of a hospital to handle a mass casualty incident (MCI) requires a completely different approach and, most importantly, adequate triage and pre-planning. It is well known that most hospitals in large population centers already operate at or near full capacity [4]. EPM , 5 Apr. Institute of Medicine.