Our ED sees about 32,000 a year with medium-low acuity (no trauma, STEMIs, Brain attacks, unless come POV), and we rarely board patients. In our state, maintaining an art line is an advisory statement, and must have documented competency for the RN. RNs in the larger facilities do this all the time, and there is a validation, however some of the local small hospitals do not start art lines in the ED.
I'm wondering what is happening around the country/world for similar sized EDs.
