Drive Through ER

The Drive Through  Emergency Room. An idea I discussed when it was first trialed back in fall 2009 during early stages of the Swine Flu Scare. After reading several articles discussing this trial, it seems that it worked smoothly enough, particularly would be good to break out during a pandemic, or even yearly flu epidemic. This would keep infectious people out of the crowded ED waiting room and speed through put times during a taxing period.

Spanish Influenza Graph

In the top graph you can see the bathtub curve of deaths from the 1918 Spanish Influenza. The flu behaved typicaly by killing largely the very young and old, but also note the peak in 20-40 year olds. The bottom graph shows the impact the influenza had on the overall life expectancy. Impressive.