Critical Care Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Samuel Rednor; Lewis A Eisen; J Perren Cobb; Laura Evans; Craig M Coopersmith

doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2022.01.007

Critical Care Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Crit Care Clin. 2022 Jul;38(3):623-637. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.01.007. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

Authors

Samuel Rednor¹, Lewis A Eisen², J Perren Cobb³, Laura Evans⁴, Craig M Coopersmith⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack D. Weiler Hospital, 1825 Eastchester Road, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. Electronic address: srednor@montefiore.org.
² Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 201 East 87th Street, Apartment 15c, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
³ Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Critical Care Institute, Keck Medicine of USC, Health Care Consultation Center, 1510 San Pablo Street #514, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Surgical Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Institute, Keck Medicine of USC, Health Care Consultation Center, 1510 San Pablo Street #514, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
⁴ Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Emory Critical Care Center, 101 Woodruff Circle Suite WMB 5105, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Abstract

Hospitals and health care systems with active critical care organizations (CCOs) that unified ICU units before the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic were better positioned to adapt to the demands of the pandemic, due to their established standardization of care and integration of critical care within the larger structure of the hospital or health care system. CCOs should continue to make changes, based on the real experience of COVID-19 that would lead to improved care during the ongoing pandemic, and beyond.

Keywords: COVID 19; Critical care organization; Health equity; sURGE LOGISItics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Critical Care
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Surge Capacity