ICU SAQs · Ethics
Pandemic ventilator allocation — the triage framework
A CICM SAQ on the pandemic triage — maximise lives saved, SOFA, fair innings, triage committee, transparency, and the dynamic revisit.
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During a pandemic, your ICU has 1 ventilator and 3 patients needing it: a 25-year-old with COVID ARDS (SOFA 6), a 60-year-old with COVID ARDS (SOFA 8), and a 75-year-old with COVID ARDS and severe COPD (SOFA 10). Outline the triage approach.
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During a pandemic, your ICU has 1 ventilator and 3 patients needing it: a 25-year-old with COVID ARDS (SOFA 6), a 60-year-old with COVID ARDS (SOFA 8), and a 75-year-old with COVID ARDS and severe COPD (SOFA 10). Outline the triage approach.[1]
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- [1]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.