Article History
Received: 16 October 2020
Accepted: 26 October 2020
First Online: 14 January 2021
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: The IFEM ED crowding and access block report is referenced in the paper and is available on the IFEM website in its entirety. This article is being simultaneously published in the International Journal of Emergency Medicine (doi: ), Canadian Journal of Emergency medicine (doi: ), Emergency Medicine Journal (doi: ), and Emergency Medicine Australasia (doi: )Otherwise, the authors declare that they have no competing interests.