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Table 2 Emergency types identified as treatable in emergency departments in Singapore ( n = 14, 100% response rate)

From: National inventory of emergency departments in Singapore

Emergency Type

Example of emergency

Percentage of EDs able to treat 24/7 (%)

Medical-Oncology

Fever and neutropenia

100%

Medical-Other

Urinary tract infection, acute asthma

100%

Urological

Kidney stone

100%

Surgical-General

Acute appendicitis, pneumothorax

100%

Medical-Cardiology

Arrhythmia, acute myocardial infarction

92%

Trauma

Motor vehicle crash, gun shot wound

92%

Ear, Nose, Throat

Severe epistaxis

92%

Ophthalmological

Acute glaucoma, eye injury

92%

Toxicological

Overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning

92%

Surgical-Hand

Tendon injury

92%

Surgical-Orthopaedic

Long bone fractures

92%

Neurological and Neurosurgical

Acute thromboembolic stroke, intracranial haemorrhage

84%

Gynaecological

Ruptured ovarian cyst, yeast infection

84%

Surgical-Plastic

Severe lip laceration

84%

Obstetrical

Complications of pregnancy

77%

Psychiatric

Psychosis

77%

Dental

Tooth extraction

69%

Surgical-Oral maxillofacial

Jaw fracture, oral abscess

62%

  1. Note: All 14 hospitals answered 100% of the survey questions completely. There were no instances of any questions in the survey being left unanswered.