Expanding Critical Care Delivery beyond the Intensive Care Unit: Determining the Design and Implementation Needs for a Tele-Critical Care Consultation Service.
Unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) admissions from medical/surgical floors and increased boarding times of ICU patients in the emergency department (ED) are common; approximately half of these are associated with adverse events. We explore the potential role of a tele-critical care consult service (TC3) in managing critically ill patients outside of the ICU and potentially preventing low-acuity unplanned admissions and also investigate its design and implementation needs.
Author(s): Abraham, Joanna, Kandasamy, Madhumitha, Fritz, Bradley, Konzen, Lisa, White, Jason, Drewry, Anne, Palmer, Christopher
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1780508