We'll look inward this week to talk about the history of our own specialty as emergency physicians.  People may not be aware that the practice of emergency medicine is relatively new in the house of medicine.  Before the 1970's the ER was a very different place as you'll find out.  

Link to documentary called 24/7/365 on the topic discussed in episode (courtesy of EMRA - the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association): 

https://www.emra.org/about-emra/publications/legacy-documentary/#247365documentary

Sources:

https://www.annemergmed.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0196-0644%2804%2901836-0

https://www.acep.org/static/globalassets/resources/content/horizontal-timeline/index.html

https://www.history.com/news/americans-once-avoided-the-hospital-at-all-costs-until-ers-changed-that

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=ymtdl

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