Is the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit Sustainable: A 5-Year Experience of a Beneficial and Novel Model.
Elizabeth PowellIana SahadzicDaniel NajafaliEmilie BermanKatie AndersenLeenah Z AfridiZoe GasparottiErin NilesJeffrey ReaThomas ScaleaDaniel J HaaseQuincy K TranPublished in: Critical care research and practice (2022)
The CCRU increases the overall number of transfers to our institution, improves patient access to specialty care while decreasing transfer time, and continues to be a sustainable model over time. Additional research is needed to determine if transferring patients to the CCRU would continue to improve patients' outcomes and hospital revenue.