Critical Care - AC Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

567 bed hospital

Level II trauma center

80 bed ICU

Average census : 35-45 (without surges)

Multiple services that are managing patients independently

Day : 2 Physicians and 3NPPA 7a-7p

Swing : 1 NPPA 12p-12a

Night : 1 Physician and 1 NPPA 7p-7a

EM & FM residency programs on site

EM residents work alongside ICU providers, while FM residents are observing

Open ICU-Pulm, Trauma and Surgical physicians will see their own patients in the ICU

ICU Physicians cover codes for the hospital

Two ICU's : MICU and Neuro ICU and Trauma / Surgical ICU

Neurosurgery 24 / 7

Sub-specialties on backup : General Surgery, Ortho Surgery, Gastro, Neurology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Hema / Oncology, Psychiatry (occasionally)

Required procedures and 2 years for case logs for each : Chest tubes, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Lumbar puncture, and Bronchoscopy

EMR : EPIC