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Bay Pathway Spring/Summer 2019
PART SOLUTION
Ernest Darkoh G'16, Nathanial Moore G'14,
and Carly Muniz G'16 share their journeys as
physician assistants in emergency departments.
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THE
A visit to the emergency department (ED) is a common experience for most
Americans. Whether you are the patient or someone you know is, it is the ED
that treats the unexpected such as a car accident, broken bone, heart attack, or
an ill child. For many of us, there is a sense of relief there is somewhere to go
at any hour of the day or night. In fact, the latest statistics from 2016, as reported
in Becker's Hospital Review, indicate that in the U.S. there were 42 ED visits
per 100 persons. And for the last 25 years, the number of visits by Americans
to the ED has been going up year after year. Go to any ED at any hospital and
you will find the same scenario: they are full of people.
