The good news is that Florida’s emergency rooms are ready for a disaster. The bad news is that they are overburdened and understaffed to handle everyday emergencies, according to report released today by the American College of Emergency Physicians. As a result, Florida ranks 30th in ER care in the latest national ranking by the physician group. “Florida’s emergency care environment is a dichotomy, blessed with considerable strengths but also beset with glaring weaknesses” the report said. On the positive side, Florida hospitals have improved their ability to respond to natural disasters largely because of experience with hurricanes that hit the state in 2004 and 2005, said Dr. Mylissa Graber, president-elect of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and an ER physician at Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach. However, of the biggest challenges facing Florida ERs is the lack of medical specialists, such as neurologists, willing to handle emergencies – an issue Palm Beach County hospitals have struggled with for more than five years.
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