Beyond Triage and Resuscitation: Optimizing Care for the Critically Ill Emergency Department Patient

Since the last critical care issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America published in 2014, emergency departments (ED) across the country have continued to experience an increase in critically ill patient volumes, intensive care unit (ICU) boarding times, clinical complexity, and expectations for care. Appropriate management of these patients by emergency medicine (EM) physicians is critical as the trajectory of the critically ill patient is often defined by the early and effective interventions delivered in the ED.

Source: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America - June 29, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: John C. Greenwood, Tsuyoshi Mitarai Tags: Preface Source Type: research