title: The open access ENT casualty service.
abstract: The ENT specialist's experience of emergencies is usually influenced by a process of prior selection in the GP surgery or in a general Casualty Department. A survey of 1,000 consecutive patients presenting to a 24 hour open access ENT Casualty service is presented. For a variety of reasons, over half of these patients had never sought their G.P.'s advice for their ENT complaint but preferred the hospital service. The value of even a brief exposure to ENT casualty work for GP trainees is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: North Riding Infirmary Research Foundation, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hampal
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Flood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors