Photo: #A man is treated in a hallway which serves as an X-Ray room in Charity Hospital's makeshift emergency room which is located in an abandoned department store May 15, 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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A man is treated in a hallway which serves as an X-Ray room in Charity Hospital's makeshift emergency room which is located in an abandoned department store May 15, 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Emergency medical care in crisis

Broadcast: Midmorning, 06/20/2006, 9:06 a.m.

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A new series of reports says U.S. emergency rooms are understaffed, overwhelmed, and unprepared to handle a major pandemic or terrorist attack.

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  • Dr. Brent Asplin: Head of emergency medicine at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul. He served on committees examining the state of emergency medical care nationally and is the section editor of the Health Policy Report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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