Critical care in the emergency department

Robert E. Fromm, Lynn Ralph Gibbs, WILLIAM G. B. McCALLUM, CHARLES NIZIOL, James C. Babcock, ALFREDO C. GUELER, ROBERT L. LEVINE

Critical Care Medicine · 1993 · 110 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Critically ill patients constitute an important proportion of emergency department practice and may remain in the emergency department for significant periods of time. Solutions to emergency department overcrowding may include alternatives for continuing management of critically ill patients. Given the realities of emergency department practice, emergency medicine practitioners should receive training in the continuing management of critically ill patients.