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1. eICU: Useful or useless?

   eicu nurse replied to robred's topic in CCU

   Yes I believe the e-icu is still effective in caring for the patient. We have gathered stats that have proven a decrease in the mortality and morbidity in the units we are ,monitoring and in fact the case mix has increased and the patients are now le...

2. eICU: Useful or useless?

   eicu nurse replied to robred's topic in CCU

   Yes the e-icu will be coming to STICU the computer system does allow for charting at the bedside on portable computers that are now being processed so that will be available for the bedside nurse and medical staff to use. the vital signs are continou...

3. eICU: Useful or useless?

   eicu nurse replied to robred's topic in CCU

4. eICU: Useful or useless?

   eicu nurse replied to robred's topic in CCU

   hi i currently work in a eicu where we have intensivist coverage 20hrs per day, they are not there from 7a11a when it is believe that attending MD,s are in the units.If the eicu has a ? about a drug they should resource the pts MAR or call the pts at...

5. eICU: Useful or useless?

   eicu nurse replied to robred's topic in CCU

   I currently work in the eicu in Houston texas and it is great. we are very effective in adverting bad changes in patient status such as electively intubating a patient before they code while the attending physcian is enroute, replace labs without wak...