Cutting-edge Discussions of Management, Policy, and Program Issues in Emergency Care

Abstract

Patient flow is a hospital-wide initiative. The critical care units—that is, the ICU and Cardiovascular Unit (CVU)—conduct daily interdisciplinary rounds at or before 10 am. The critical care team, led by an intensivist, discusses each patient's plan of care, including appropriateness for continued critical care. Critical care patients are triaged during rounds based on the unit's admission and discharge criteria for transfer out of the critical care unit to a progressive care, telemetry, or medical-surgical unit.