Full Moon Emergency Room

Lunar cycles and emergency room visits.

Full moon emergency room.

Eric moon do an emergency room physician at st. For as long as i ve worked in the emergency department whenever there s a full moon invariably someone will make a comment about how it s going to be a rough night he says. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present. Bernard hospital in chicago has worked exclusively nights since he began practicing 12 years ago.

However the belief that the ed is busier during the full moon cannot be substantiated. A 2011 study published by the national institute of health nih looked at more than 5 400 patients trying to find a connection between the lunar cycle and psychiatric emergency room visits. A 2011 study published by the national institute of health nih looked at more than 5 400 patients trying to find a connection between the lunar cycle and psychiatric emergency room visits. The expression there must be a full moon out tonight will likely remain in emergency medicine folklore.

A comparison was made of the number of accessions to the university of melbourne animal emergency centre in the period february 2003 to january 2006 on full moon and non full moon days adjusted. A study from the american journal of emergency medicine found that when analyzing admissions over a four year period there were no significant increases on nights where there was a full moon. N engl j med 1978 298 1318 1319 3. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present.