285 Care for the Detainee in the Emergency Department Utilizing Simulation

Abstract

Incarcerated patients represent a vulnerable population known to have an elevated burden of chronic disease and lower socioeconomic status. Mass incarceration in the United States leads to 10.9 million people passing through its jails, 6.7 million under correctional supervision, and 650,000 people returning to the community each year. The legal right to health care for incarcerated patients was established in 1976 but equitable and empathetic treatment by clinicians demands greater attention. Emergency medicine resident education has a persistent and notable gap in understanding health care for persons impacted by incarceration.