I began the long walk over to the extra airborne isolation room in the far corner
of the emergency department (ED). This part of the department was now under the supervision
of inpatient providers caring for boarding Intensive Care Unit patients transported
from all over the state, from hospitals without staff or equipment to care for critically
ill children. These were the ‘stably unstable’ patients. My focus for the shift was
supposed to be the unstable children flooding the lobby and critical care rooms in
the main side of the ED at an unsustainable rate. Despite this, I dutifully walked
over to the new patient roomed in the far corner of the department.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 12,
2023
Received:
January 23,
2023
Publication stage
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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