TSICU:Mandatory Call Criteria
Call the TSICU Attending for any of the following conditions:
- Acute hypoxemic or hypercarbic respiratory failure NOT responsive to conventional therapies
- Unplanned extubation requiring possible reintubation
- Hemodynamic instability:
* SBP <90 mmHg and requiring initiation or escalation of vasopressors * SBP >180 mmHg OR DBP >120 mmHg AND end-organ dysfunction * patients who are non-responders (>2L crystalloids AND ongoing evidence of organ dysfunction
- Massive hemorrhage (bleeding associated with hemodynamic instability) due to ANY cause (includes, but not limited to, epistaxis, GI bleed, airway/trachea, vascular access site)
- Activation of Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP)
- Refractory intracranial pressures (ICPs)
- Acute decrease in GCS OR encephalopathy of new onset without identifiable etiology
- Status epilepticus or seizures refractory to initial therapy
- Recommendation(s) or orders from consult services which have a direct impact on patient care
- Radiologic findings relayed from radiologist to team verbally
