PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P. O'Flanagan
TI  - The work of an accident and emergency department
DP  - 1976 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 54--60
VI  - 26
IP  - 162
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/26/162/54.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/26/162/54.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1976 Jan 01; 26
AB  - In a six month period 2,379 new patients were treated in a designated major accident centre. Of these cases two thirds (67·9 per cent) were thought to be appropriate for management by general practitioners. I suggest that these cases are properly treated in an accident and emergency department and that these departments should be developed as part of the primary health care teams.