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1. *6 missing education levels in the intervention group
2. **Low: fractures, contusions, wounds, hematomas; Medium: e.g., simple infections, kidney- or gallstones, stomach/rectal pain, bladder retention, hyperventilation; High: e.g., neurological (traumatic brain injury, headache), thromboembolic and cardiovascular diseases, multiple diagnoses
3. ***2–7 PM, based on previous analysis of peak hours on our ED in the last 2 years