Critical emergency medicine and the resuscitative care unit

Critical emergency medicine and the resuscitative care unit

Critical emergency medicine is the medical field concerned with management of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED). Increased ED stay due to intensive care unit (ICU) overcrowding has a negative impact on patient care and outcome. It has been proposed that implementation of criti...

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Published in:Acute and critical care Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 22 - 28
Main Authors: Mermiri, Maria, Mavrovounis, Georgios, Chatzis, Dimitrios, Mpoutsikos, Ioannis, Tsaroucha, Aristea, Dova, Maria, Angelopoulou, Zacharoula, Ragias, Dimitrios, Chalkias, Athanasios, Pantazopoulos, Ioannis
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Korea (South) Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine 01-02-2021
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Subjects:
critical care
emergency department
emergency service
intensive care unit
postgraduate training
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critical care
intensive care unit
emergency department
emergency service
postgraduate training
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Summary:Critical emergency medicine is the medical field concerned with management of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED). Increased ED stay due to intensive care unit (ICU) overcrowding has a negative impact on patient care and outcome. It has been proposed that implementation of critical care services in the ED can negate this effect. Two main Critical Emergency Medicine models have been proposed, the "resource intensivist" and "ED-ICU" models. The resource intensivist model is based on constant presence of an intensivist in the traditional ED setting, while the ED-ICU model encompasses the notion of a separate ED-based unit, with monitoring and therapeutic capabilities similar to those of an ICU. Critical emergency medicine has the potential to improve patient care and outcome; however, establishment of evidence-based protocols and a multidisciplinary approach in patient management are of major importance.
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https://www.accjournal.org/journal/view.php?number=1281
ISSN:2586-6052
2586-6060
2586-6060
DOI:10.4266/acc.2020.00521