We have Emergency Department over the Ambulance entrance
and Accident and Emergency over the walk in entrance.
Doesn't seem to stop people finding us
Adrian
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:11:34 -0000
John Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin has an
>Emergency Department and is branded as such. Its not the
>patients that get confused its the in-house staff who
>still want to manifest thgeir ignorence by calling it
>Casualty.
>
> Remind them the doctors who work there are accredited y
>the College of Emergency Medicine not the College of
>Accident & Emergency Medicine
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1122342/
>
> John Ryan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Montague
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:32 PM
> Subject: Re: ED or A&E - urgent
>
>
> What about: ---
> "Accident OR Emergency Department"
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: Steve Meek <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender: Accident and Emergency Academic List
><[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 19:47:36 +0000
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> ReplyTo: Accident and Emergency Academic List
><[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: ED or A&E - urgent
>
>
> Help please
>
>
> Our managers are currently deciding to sign the ED/
>Trauma Centre in our swanky new PFI North Bristol
>Hospital hospital 'A&E' because they think patients get
>confused if it is signed ' Emergency Department'.
>
>
> Please can you tell me of any ED you know of signed
>'Emergency Department' so I can produce a list, and of
>any problems you have heard of with such naming.
>
>
> Eternally grateful
> Steve Meek
|