Brief report: emergency department workload described.
A review of workload in the ED setting shows trauma still account for the majority of patients, but that non-trauma emergencies nonetheless comprise a sizable proportion (45.2%) of the total workload. Resuscitation patients account for 10.1% of cases and overall 17.3% of patients require admission. Recalls are a very small and decreasing proportion of total workload.
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