On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 06:44, Nita Rae Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am envisioning something where all ED's will be designated as such, even > those embedded within the hospital. > It is an attempt to provide a common tagging system, exactly for the > purpose you point out … saving lives. I totally agree with you that the entrance to the ED should be distinguished from the "normal" hospital. A couple of them in our area have been tagged like this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5045644127#map=17/-28.07073/153.37681 by re-using the =hospital tag & naming it "Emergency" which does work, but isn't ideal. I am open to other schemes to distinguish between free_standing and > embedded, something which allows > for an ED to be tagged as an ED. I must admit I still like the idea of putting the ED under the emergency= key, rather than healthcare=, - healthcare suggests normal day-to-day, going to the doctor, but emergency is, well, for emergencies! :-) > To be even more succinct, Shand's (in Gainesville) has an embedded ED, and > embedded ED for pediatrics, and > two free_standing ED units. > & that should work with 4 x A-E shown, with this one named "Pediatric" Incidentally, with regard to names, Wiki: *"Emergency department* became commonly used when emergency medicine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_medicine> was recognised as a medical specialty, and hospitals and medical centres developed departments of emergency medicine to provide services. Other common variations include 'emergency ward,' 'emergency centre' or 'emergency unit'. 'Accident and Emergency' or 'A&E' is still the accepted term in the United Kingdom,[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_department#cite_note-5> some Commonwealth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations> countries,[*citation needed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*] and the Republic of Ireland, as are earlier terms such as 'Casualty' or 'casualty ward', which continue to be used informally. The same applies to 'emergency room' or 'ER' in North America, originating when emergency facilities were provided in a single room of the hospital by the department of surgery." Thanks Graeme
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