The Critical Care Literature 2018

An emergency physician (EP) is often the first health care provider to evaluate, resuscitate, and manage a critically ill patient. In recent years, the annual hours of critical care delivered in emergency departments (EDs) across the United States increased more than 200% [1]. From 2001 to 2009, annual intensive care unit (ICU) admissions from United States EDs exceeded 2 million patients, an increase of almost 80% over that time period [1]. In addition to seeing more critically ill patients, EPs are often tasked with providing critical care long beyond the initial resuscitation period.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research