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SPOTLIGHT: Emergency care jeopardized by labor shortages
August 3, 2006 — 7:01pm ET
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The emergency care system is at risk from a severe labor shortage, says a new report from SUNY Albany. Both RNs and emergency medicine docs are in short supply, and while there seem to be enough EMTs, turnover is extremely high. Executive summary and full report (.pdfs)
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