Over the past decade, the annual hours of critical care delivered in US emergency departments has sharply risen. Undoubtedly, many critically ill patients remain in the ED for numerous hours awaiting an ICU bed. In an attempt to improve the delivery of critical care to boarding ED patients, several hospitals and health care systems have recently implemented ED-based ICUs. In this podcast, we discuss a recent article published in JAMA Open Network evaluating the impact on mortality and resource utilization of an ED-based ICU.
The period following ROSC from cardiac arrest is a time when lives can be saved…or lost. A systematic and comprehensive approach to post-arrest care...
This month Mike McCurdy rejoins the podcast to discuss the ATHOS-3 trial. Mike was one of the co-authors on this impressive publication and gives...
The number of critically ill elderly patients continues to increase annually. In this podcast, we discuss key pearls and pitfalls in resuscitating the sick...