Articles: emergency-services.
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An estimated three million children visit UK accident and emergency departments annually. While there has been a drive in recent years to provide separate paediatric A&E facilities, the majority of children requiring emergency treatment are still seen in general A&E departments. As part of a research project looking at children's experiences of A&E, a survey was carried out in autumn 1993 and winter 1994 to establish the current level of services and facilities for children in A&E and to see how the triage system is currently applied to this area.
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To evaluate the therapeutic and financial benefits of protocol therapy for acute asthma using standard medications. ⋯ Asthma protocol therapy, based primarily upon aggressive use of sympathomimetics in association with serial monitoring of key indices of improvement, provides prompt and efficient relief for acute exacerbations of asthma. Such an approach yields significant financial benefit while quickly identifying individuals who require hospitalization, and it also detects physician practice patterns that can have potentially detrimental impacts on patient care.