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Huang DT, Osborn TM, Gunnerson KJ, et al. Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;46(3):217-23doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011.
Huang, D. T., Osborn, T. M., Gunnerson, K. J., Gunn, S. R., Trzeciak, S., Kimball, E., Fink, M. P., Angus, D. C., Dellinger, R. P., Rivers, E. P. (2005). Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians. Annals of emergency medicine, 46(3), 217-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011
Huang, David T, et al. "Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians." Annals of emergency medicine vol. 46,3 (2005): 217-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011
Huang DT, Osborn TM, Gunnerson KJ, Gunn SR, Trzeciak S, Kimball E, Fink MP, Angus DC, Dellinger RP, Rivers EP. Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Sep;46(3):217-23. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011. PMID: 16126127.
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Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Sep;46(3):217-23. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011.

Critical care medicine training and certification for emergency physicians.

Annals of emergency medicine

David T Huang, Tiffany M Osborn, Kyle J Gunnerson, Scott R Gunn, Stephen Trzeciak, Edward Kimball, Mitchell P Fink, Derek C Angus, R Phillip Dellinger, Emanuel P Rivers,

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16126127 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011

Abstract

Demand for critical care services is increasing. Unless the supply of intensivists increases, critically ill patients will not have access to intensivists. Recent critical care society recommendations include increased graduate medical education support and expansion of the J-1 visa waiver program for foreign medical graduates. This article proposes additional recommendations, based on strengthening the relationship between emergency medicine and critical care medicine. Critical care is a continuum that includes out-of-hospital, emergency department (ED), and ICU care teams. Both emergency medicine and critical care medicine require expertise in treating life-threatening acute illness, with many critically ill patients often presenting first to the ED. Increased patient volumes and acuity have resulted in longer ED lengths of stay and more critical care delivery in the ED. However, the majority of critical care medicine fellowships do not accept emergency medicine residents, and those who do successfully complete a fellowship do not have access to a US certification examination in critical care medicine. Despite these barriers, interest in critical care medicine training among emergency physicians is increasing. Dual emergency medicine- and critical care medicine-trained physicians will not only help alleviate the intensivist shortage but also strengthen critical care delivery in the ED and facilitate coordination at the ED-ICU interface. We therefore propose that all accreditation bodies work cooperatively to create a route to critical care medicine certification for emergency physicians who complete a critical care fellowship.

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