Who does procedures/emergency procedures if they are needed?
All hospitals have processes in place to deal with common emergency procedures. These include dedicated in-house personnel (physician assistants, critical care nurse practitioners, house physicians, hospitalists, anesthesiology personnel and emergency department physicians) or specialty physicians on call from home (cardiologist for pacemakers, etc.). These processes remain in place, except that the call for the procedure would likely be initiated by the intensivist at the eICU, after discussion with the attending physician. If surgical evaluation is required, the eICU intensivist contacts the surgeon requested by the attending physician. eICU intensivists coordinate these activities, maintaining the nurse at the bedside.
All hospitals have processes in place to deal with common emergency procedures. These include dedicated in-house personnel (physician assistants, critical care nurse practitioners, house physicians, hospitalists, anesthesiology personnel, and emergency department physicians) or specialty physicians on call from home (cardiologist for pacemaker, etc.). These processes remain in place, except that the call for the procedure would likely be initiated by the eICU intensivist, after discussion with the attending physician. If surgical evaluation is required, the eICU intensivist contacts the surgeon requested by the attending physician. eICU intensivists coordinate these activities, maintaining the nurse at the bedside.
All hospitals have processes in place to deal with common emergency procedures. These include dedicated in-house personnel (physician assistants, critical care nurse practitioners, house physicians, hospitalists, anesthesiology personnel, and emergency department physicians) or specialty physicians on call from home (cardiologist for pacemaker, etc.). These processes remain in place, except that the call for the procedure would likely be initiated by the eICU intensivist, after discussion with the attending physician. If surgical evaluation is required, the virtual eICU® intensivist contacts the surgeon requested by the attending physician. AICU Care’s intensivists coordinate these activities, maintaining the nurse at the bedside.
