Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/emergency-departments-struggle-with-growing-drug-shortages Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration’s shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren’t drug names the average American would recognize, they’re critical to patients visiting the emergency room every day. Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Aug 29, 2011