ED practices 'golden rule' with hospital staff.
One of the reasons that the ED at Morris (IL) Hospital won an award for staff perception of the quality of care they provide is that the staff constantly strive to anticipate the needs of the rest of the hospital staff and address those needs in the ED. Specialists are called and consulted on performing tests in the ED that could make admission unnecessary. If a patient presents with an extremity fracture that can be reduced, the orthopedic surgeon is never called. General surgeons are not called unless the patient is going to the OR.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D016272:Occupational Health; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D013312:Stress, Physiological