SCCM Resource Library-Improving Communication and Collaboration Between Pediatric and Adult ICUs

Improving Communication and Collaboration Between Pediatric and Adult ICUs

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Video Summary

Dr. Joy Howell, professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, shares her experiences with redeployment as an intensivist providing care to critically ill adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses the collaboration with adult ICU colleagues, the orientation to adult critical care medicine, centralized patient triage and bed management, as well as education and information sharing at different levels. The institution utilized their pediatric intensivists to address the dire need for physicians with complex ventilator management skills. The video also highlights the challenges faced and the strategies employed to provide efficient and consistent care to patients in the midst of the pandemic.

Asset Subtitle

Administration, 2022

Asset Caption

The COVID-19 pandemic requires flexibility in the way we care for critical care patients, including caring for adult patients in pediatric ICUs. This session will describe lessons learned from the intersection of adult and pediatric ICUs during the COVID-19 era as well as opportunities for the two groups to learn from each other.

Meta Tag

Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Administration

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Select

Tag Communication

Tag Pediatric Intensive Care Unit PICU

Tag Professional Development

Tag COVID-19

Year 2022

Keywords

redeployment

intensivist

COVID-19 pandemic

collaboration

ventilator management skills

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