New York City politics is often about real estate value, and distance is often measured in travel time. A hospital three miles away in suburban or rural Arizona might be reachable, on a flat straight road with no traffic, inĀ an ambulance with lights and sirens running, in well under three minutes. Not in New [...]
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Emergency Medicine,
Health Care Facility Siting,
Urban planning
Liz Borkowski at The Pump Handle posts on evidence of violence against ER nurses: n a national survey by the Emergency Nurses Association, more than half of emergency-department nurses reported that they’ve been physically assaulted on the job. For many nurses, being assaulted is a recurring problem: Approximately one-fourth of the 3,465 respondents reported experiencing [...]
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Emergency Medicine,
Public Health