Critical care delivery solutions in the emergency department: evolving models in caring for ICU boarders

N Jayaprakash, J Pflaum-Carlson… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
The National Academy of Medicine has identified emergency department (ED) crowding as
a health care delivery problem. Because the ED is a portal of entry to the hospital, 25% of all …

The critical care resuscitation unit transfers more patients from emergency departments faster and is associated with improved outcomes

QK Tran, J O'Connor, R Vesselinov, D Haase… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Transfer delays of critically ill patients from other hospitals' emergency
departments (EDs) to an appropriate referral hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) are …

Characteristics of Short‐stay Critical Care Admissions From Emergency Departments in Maryland

OO Chidi, SM Perman, AA Ginde - Academic Emergency …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Critical care is an expensive and limited resource, and short‐stay critical care
admissions may be treated in alternate, less costly settings. This study objective was to …

The Emergency Department's Impact on Inpatient Critical Care Resources.

KJ Gunnerson - Academic Emergency Medicine, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses the impact of the emergency department (ED) on inpatient critical care
services. Topics include the length of stay of patients in ED and intensive care unit (ICU) …

[PDF][PDF] Henry Ford Health System Scholarly Commons

N Jayaprakash, J Gardner-Gray, G Hurst, V Coba - Critical Care - academia.edu
Peter Safar, a founding father of critical care medicine (CCM) in the United States, described
critical care as a continuum from the out-of-hospital setting to the ICU. The ED, as a portal for …