Background:Children’s National Health Systems pediatric emergency department (ED), is a level 1 trauma center in Washington, DC, which treats over 90 000 patients annually. Approximately 50% of arriving patients are triaged as low acuity, Emergency Severity Index level 4 or 5. With limited space and resources, these patients are treated inefficiently, with average delays from arrival to provider time of 1.3 hours and length of stays (LOS) close to 2.5 hours.
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机译：背景：儿童的国家卫生系统（National Health Systems）儿科急诊科（ED）是位于华盛顿特区的1级创伤中心，每年治疗90,000多名患者。约有50％的到达患者被分类为低敏度，紧急严重程度指数为4或5。由于空间和资源有限，这些患者的治疗效率不高，从到达到提供者的平均时间为1.3小时，住院时间（LOS）接近2.5小时。
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