Resources

This group of resources can help you better understand the issues confronting emergency medicine and how they impact your access to emergency medical care system. They also detail the American College of Emergency Physicians’ positions on health care reform.

• Emergency Patients' Statement of Rights
• Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009
• National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine
• Institute of Medicine’s Report on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States
• Principles for Reform of the U.S. Health Care System
• For Our Patients: How the Medical Liability Crisis Affects You
• Universal Health Care Coverage Policy
• Why Health Care Reform Should Focus on Emergency Care
• “The Uninsured: Access to Medical Care Fact Sheet”
• “Costs of Emergency Care” Fact Sheet
• “How Overcrowding Affects Your Access to Emergency Care” Fact Sheet
• Ambulance Diversion Policy
• On-Call Physician Q and A
• Boarding of Admitted and Intensive Care Patients in the Emergency Department
• Health Care System Surge Capacity Recognition, Preparedness, and Response
• Illegal Immigrant Care in the Emergency Department

For the Media

• Nation’s Emergency Physicians Launch Campaign to Dispel Dangerous Myths About Emergency Medicine
• Audio News Release
• The Myths and Realities of Emergency Care - Dr. Angela Gardner (YouTube)

• Full-page ad running in newspapers and magazines