UPDATE OCT. 20, 2023: A full report of the Summit's proceedings has been added online. On September 27, ACEP organized and led a summit of stakeholders across health care to discuss the factors contri...
It is only a matter of time
Killing our patients
No end in sight
Getting numb
No privacy and no rest
New placement
Acts of bravery
And so they stay
Verge of collapsing
Make waves
No open PICU beds
Unsustainable
Languishing
Leave without being seen
It's a tragedy
Emergent conditions
Slumped in their chair
Please do something
The health of our nation
Sick kids are stuck
Frightened and in pain
Diversion
Severe overcrowding
Transfer
Something has to be done
Needle in a haystack
Hallway beds
Budget issues
Zero beds available
Life-threatening issue
MacGyver solutions
In the waiting room
Why?
Patients hate it
Nowhere to go
ED never closes
I hope I make it
Awaiting inpatient psychiatric care
Without privacy
Children's hospitals throughout the country
Not a safe situation
Awaiting acceptance
We need help
My plea
Full
Moral injury
Not uncommon
High costs
No net at all
Looking for beds
Our sickest patients
Skin in the game
A commitment to provide rapid care
35 Boarders
At the breaking point
No beds
No nurses
People keep coming
Dangerously Overcrowded
Trapped
In dire straits
Boarding in the ER hallway
Snapshot
Hopeless and beaten down
Bed assignment
In the hallway
Psychiatric holds
Waiting and waiting
Heroic efforts
In shock
A crisis!
Rooms no bigger than closets
Help needed—to say the least!
My last shift
Every available space
Crash and burn
The patients overflow
Social safety net
Feel human
Timely transfer
A national issue
No room to go
Yes, boarding is bad
Underserved, under resourced
Not safe
An afterthought
Everything with nothing
Interrupting patient care
Drowning
No space
Our most vulnerable patients
Died unnoticed
For days to weeks
Do the math
Burnout
No limits
Wait list
Killing the morale
Over four weeks in the emergency department
No sign of easing up
Since I was in Iraq
The new reality
ED Boarding Overview
Emergency Department Boarding
Hospital Flow Solutions
Emergency Department Operations Management (Information Paper)
New York Department of Health Guidance Document for Hospitals - Hospital Obligations & Responsibilities
Massachusetts Crowding Bill
New York Chapter ACEP Testimony
Massachusetts Crowding Bill Fact Sheet
Boarding of Admitted and Intensive Care Patients in the Emergency Department
Definition of Boarded Patient
Crowding
Boarding of Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department
