title: Patient safety in the ED.
abstract: Emergency departments are pressure packed and vulnerable to medical mistakes. This gatefold identifies errors that most frequently occur in the ED and how to avert them.
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload