ED management : the monthly update on emergency department management
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One viable option for reducing the stress on an overburdened ED is the leasing of a mobile unit. For a relatively modest cost, it can be used as a fast-track department, as the ED at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, WV, is doing. ⋯ The mobile care unit has four beds and also is equipped with computers, a medication dispensing system, and monitors to view digital X-rays. The triage nurse determines whether a patient goes to the mobile unit or the main ED.