Searching for Staircases: Strengthening the Connections Between the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

On a fall day in Chicago, a middle-aged man stepped out of a northbound train, appeared to choke, and collapsed. Paramedics arrived within minutes and administered several rounds of defibrillation and intravenous epinephrine. The patient was rapidly transported to an academic medical center, resuscitated in the Emergency Department (ED), and was soon surrounded by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

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