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KMID : 1144420210360010022
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Acute and Critical Care
2021 Volume.36 No. 1 p.22 ~ p.28
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Critical emergency medicine and the resuscitative care unit
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Mermiri Maria
Mavrovounis Georgios
Chatzis Dimitrios
Mpoutsikos Ioannis
Tsaroucha Aristea
Dova Maria
Angelopoulou Zacharoula
Ragias Dimitrios
Chalkias Athanasios
Pantazopoulos Ioannis
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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critical care, emergency department, emergency service, intensive care unit, postgraduate training
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