ERs get poor marks for treating pain

You can bet that many ERs won’t be happy with this study:

The end result, Dr. Todd said, was that as many as 40% of patients who go to the ER for pain relief are still in pain when they are discharged.

“The results of these studies show that persistent pain is common and substantial after emergency department discharge,” said Dr. Todd. “We, as emergency room doctors, do not do a good job at treating the patients who come in our doors.”

Perhaps naive Dr. Todd doesn’t see stories like these that makes ER physicians so suspicious.

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