Emergency room shortage a national crisis

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A school bus crash could easily swamp most emergency rooms.

Emergency departments in most parts of the country will be overwhelmed if any natural disaster, terrorist attack or other crisis hits, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute of Medicine.

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