Burnout syndrome in emergency medicine: it’s time to take action

Crowding, perceived crowding and workload in Dutch emergency departments: should we continue on the same road?

“…Apart from the effects on patient flow and care, crowding and perceived crowding as well as excessive workload amongst healthcare workers also results in increasing numbers of stress and burnout. The call for burnout awareness and prevention has gained increasing attention in the last decade, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic [7,8]. Unfortunately, nowadays 38.7% of the healthcare personnel considers to quit working in the Dutch healthcare system, compared to 29.1% in 2021 [5,9].…”

Patient safety in emergency departments: a problem for health care systems? An international survey

“…Despite all the risk factors, the ED is thought to be a safer place than other hospital work environments, like surgery [13,14]. Nevertheless, the frequent difficulties related to workload and overcrowding not only add to the overall risk to the patient but may increase burnout and a feeling of lack of safety in staff [15][16][17]. This was clearly described in the 2022 Emergency Medicine Day campaign [16], when 39 national and international emergency medicine societies signed a position statement on factors they felt were necessary in order to be able to work safely in the ED (74.7, 95% CI 72.28-77.11) [18].…”

How to OPTIMIZE inclusions for emergency department research

“…Physicians are not always aware of active trials [1] or they are unmotivated to ask patients to participate [6][7][8]. With the increasing workload at the ED and the risk of burnout, it is easy to understand the hesitance against additional research investments with minimal perceived rewards [7,9,10]. Literature on recruiter-focused interventions to improve inclusion rates is scarce.…”