title: EMS transports patients to clinics--seeks to relieve ED crowding.
abstract: With most EDs overcrowded and with no relief in sight, ED managers will take all the help they can get. In some areas of the country, the local EMS providers are looking to offer some relief by transporting less urgent patients to alternative sites such as urgent care clinics. EDs assist in the development of program protocols and processes. ED nurses are considered for consultation on whether a patient can appropriately be seen in a less urgent setting. EMS providers must be trained on the requirements patients must fulfill to be transported to an ED
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000458:organization & administration*