title: Overcrowding: emergency departments are the canary in the coal mine and overcrowding is the poisonous gas.
authors.forename: Adrian A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beniuk
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D007902:Length of Stay; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom