ED intensivists and ED intensive care units

Interactions with the leadership of the other critical care areas of the hospital are also bolstered when an ED intensivist can bridge the gap between emergency medicine and intensive care medicine. ED critical care--emergency medicine critical care practiced specifically in the ED ED intensivist (E...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2013-03, Vol.31 (3), p.617-620
Main Authors: Weingart, Scott D., MD, Sherwin, Robert L., MD, Emlet, Lillian L., MD, Tawil, Isaac, MD, Mayglothling, Julie, MD, Rittenberger, Jon C., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Critical care
Critical Care - economics
Critical Care - organization & administration
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medicine - economics
Emergency Medicine - education
Emergency Medicine - organization & administration
Emergency Service, Hospital - economics
Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units - economics
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Internship and Residency
Models, Organizational
Monitoring
Physician's Role
Physicians
United States
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Summary:Interactions with the leadership of the other critical care areas of the hospital are also bolstered when an ED intensivist can bridge the gap between emergency medicine and intensive care medicine. ED critical care--emergency medicine critical care practiced specifically in the ED ED intensivist (EDI)--EPIs who practice ED critical care as a portion of their clinical time Resuscitationists--EPs who have additional knowledge, training, and interest in the care of the critically ill patient EDICU--a unit within an ED with the same or similar staffing, monitoring, and capability for therapies as an ICU RED-ICU--a hybrid resuscitation area and EDICU allowing a department to adopt the ED intensive care model with minimal cost and no changes to the physical plant [bullet] Advanced hemodynamic monitoring: arterial pressure, continuous cardiac output, mixed/central venous oxygen saturation [bullet] Respiratory monitoring: quantitative end-tidal carbon dioxide [bullet] Neuroinvasive monitoring: fiberoptic intraparenchymal pressure monitoring, external ventricular drainage, and multimodality monitoring.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2012.10.015