Providing patients with understandable, comprehensive discharge instructions improves compliance, thereby reducing symptoms and the functional impact of illness. Comprehensive discharge instructions also reduce patient anxiety and increases satisfaction. Unfortunately, in a busy emergency department (ED), discharge instructions are often incomplete. Furthermore, even when discharge instructions have been provided, patients often have difficulty comprehending and/or recalling them. Inadequate discharge instructions are linked to medication errors, suboptimal care post-discharge, and unnecessary return visits to the ED. Patient dissatisfaction with discharge instructions and anxiety have also been linked to poor medication compliance, and an increase in return visits.