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An environment of care in a state of crisis.

The reports attached here speak to the critical state of emergency care in the United States.

	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
	Statistical Brief #52. Pediatric Emergency Department Visits in Community Hospitals from Selected States, 2005 May 2008.
	American College of Emergency Physicians Task Force Report on Boarding
	Emergency Department Crowding: High-Impact Solutions April 2008
	American Nurse Today, American Nurses Association
	Reducing Ambulance Diversions Without Compromising Care Vol. 2 Num. 7 - July 2007
	U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics
	Health, United States, 2007 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans Hyattsville, MD: 2007
	National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary Number 386 - June 29, 2007
	Ambulatory Medical Care Utlization Estimates for 2005 Number 388 - June 29, 2007
	National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 Emergency Department Summary Number 372 - June 23, 2006
	Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
	The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System -Report Brief, June 2006
	Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point Executive Summary
	Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains Executive Summary
	Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads Executive Summary
	Quick Fact Sheet on IOM Report
	National Health Policy Forum
	Don't Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Crowded State of America's Emergency Departments
	Urgent Matters, The George Washington University Medical Center
	Bursting at the Seams: Improving Patient Flow to Help America's Emergency Departments