Phone numbers ASCOM phone number is: 16-8308 Pharmacy: Weekdays 16-0267 Weekends: 16-0269 There is a pharmacist dedicated to MICU pod three (yellow team). This pharmacist will also be assigned to round with the POD 2 team as well. The pod 3 pharmacist will touch base with the staff physician in the morning and again later, if needed, […]
Category: MICU
Epic workflow for Yellow MICU
Attached is a PDF created by the CMRs to aid with Epic workflow when staff round in the Yellow MICU. Here is the Epic Inpatient Provider User Guide tip sheet for inpatient rounding. It includes creation of progress notes, assigning yourself to the team, managing orders, admitting patient. Finally this is the website for the Provider […]
Process for Death Certificate Completion (as of June 8, 2020)
PROCESS Halo will be used for text message alerts to sign death certificates Nocturnists are now able to support the process, not having to solely rely on day shift support All Hospice and Pulmonary physicians are expected to use the electronic death certificate process through the state of Michigan beginning Monday, June 8, 2020. Upon […]
MICU Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
HENRY FORD COVID-19 UPDATES Henry Ford Health System COVID-19 Information IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS HFH ICU COVID-19 Updates June 12 2020 Oxygen type and mask choice (COVID)_Final COVID ICU Meeting Minutes COVID19 Response Team/Provider Team Resource Sheet Employee Health COVID-19 Health Care Worker Policy Workflow RESEARCH As of 04/20/2020, HFH will begin enrolling in both […]
Epic dot phrases helpful for COVID-19 patients
2 dot phrases that might be of value for patients with COVID-19. 1. MHLCOVIDLABTABLE This incorporates the inflammatory markers that Jen has indicated on the management documents such that you can trend them over time. The trend is for 3 days. If you think that more days would be helpful, let me know […]
Vital Talk resources for COVID-19
Many of you have trained in CLEAR conversations, which is an offshoot of Vital Talk. They have put together the following resource for difficult conversations surrounding COVID-19 Sharing in case it is of use to you as you care for these patients. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ78DAT1hrOyxPnPhRnXJIj91uCyBO26L1h7NtoUMLF8sj3O_RJpMu4IENyGqVYprI-_8YgLQnP7_dP/pub ICU end of life Family Support with scripting examples
Back Up System Faculty COVID-19 (2020)
This Back-up system is created to cover the essential CORE INPATIENT Rotations. It does NOT include coverage for the individual services like IP, Pulmonary Hypertension, Lung Transplant, ILD. These services are already working on putting together a coverage system. To maintain fairness of this Back-Up Schedule, we used the list of rotations from Momentum, but […]
ICU Guidelines on Management of Cardiac Arrest in a patient with suspected COVID
The situation surrounding COVID-19 is rapidly changing and affected by availability of resources, discovery of new cases and availability of new information coming from areas already under strain from the disease. Currently the CDC advises health care providers caring for COVID 19 confirmed or suspected patients to utilize surgical mask, gown, gloves and eye shield […]
MPM0 reference article (physiology score in the ICU)
Here is the reference article for the MPMO we use in the MICU Chest 2009; 136: 89–101
ECMO care team (ECT)
There are now a core group of critical care physicians comprising ECMO rounding staff. These individuals will be primarily managing these patients with the critical care fellow and resident/APP as part of a ECMO Care Team (ECT). The process was started on 1/21/2019; the details are in this attachment. When the Team is needed, the caller will dial […]