ED waits ‘led to adverse outcomes’ – IAEM

With continued crowding issues in our EDs, the IAEM says it is not surprised by the numbers leaving hospital before the completion of treatment, reports Gary Culliton   Many patients who last year chose to leave emergency departments (EDs) before being seen or without having their treatment completed suffered an adverse medical outcome as a result of being “denied the opportunity to be seen in a timely fashion”, the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) has said. Last October, 613 patients who registered at the Mater Hospital ED chose to leave without actively discharging themselves. The figure was 375 at…