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Editorial
. 2019 Jun;36(6):364-368.
doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208455. Epub 2019 Apr 2.

Anatomy of resuscitative care unit: expanding the borders of traditional intensive care units

Evan Leibner  1   2   3 , Rory Spiegel  4   5 , Cindy H Hsu  6   7 , Brian Wright  8   9 , Benjamin S Bassin  6 , Kyle Gunnerson  6   10   11 , James O'Connor  2 , Deborah Stein  2 , Scott Weingart  9 , John C Greenwood  12   13 , Lewis Rubinson  2 , Jay Menaker  2 , Thomas M Scalea  2
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Editorial

Anatomy of resuscitative care unit: expanding the borders of traditional intensive care units

Evan Leibner et al. Emerg Med J. 2019 Jun.

Abstract

Resuscitation lacks a place in the hospital to call its own. Specialised intensive care units, though excellent at providing longitudinal critical care, often lack the flexibility to adapt to fluctuating critical care needs. We offer the resuscitative care unit as a potential solution to ensure that patients receive appropriate care during the most critical hours of their illnesses. These units offer an infrastructure for resuscitation and can meet the changing needs of their institutions.

Keywords: care systems; emergency department operations; resuscitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Pictures of the resuscitation rooms and the RCU units. (A) University of Maryland CCRU, (B) University of Michigan EC3, (C) Stony Brook University RACC, (D) University of Pennsylvania ResCCU. CCRU, Critical Care Resuscitation Unit; EC3, Emergency Critical Care Center; RACC, Resuscitation and Acute Critical Care; ResCCU, Resuscitation and Critical Care Unit; RCU, resuscitative care unit.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Floor plans for the RCUs. (A) University of Maryland CCRU, (B) University of Michigan EC3, (C) Stony Brook University RACC, (D) University of Pennsylvania ResCCU. CCRU, Critical Care Resuscitation Unit; EC3, Emergency Critical Care Center; RACC, Resuscitation and Acute Critical Care; ResCCU, Resuscitation and Critical Care Unit; RCU, resuscitative care unit.
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