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* The ICU team '''does not take over main/overall care of a patient DURING a code on the ward'''. When the ICU team runs a ward code, they are just performing a procedure (ACLS) for the ward team. We only consider the ICU team as taking over care IF once the patient has survived the code (or possibly in between arrests), the ICU team has agreed to do so. So, this is not automatic. The main way this will be noted is that the Medicine ward resident will almost certainly write a note indicating this. | * The ICU team '''does not take over main/overall care of a patient DURING a code on the ward'''. When the ICU team runs a ward code, they are just performing a procedure (ACLS) for the ward team. We only consider the ICU team as taking over care IF once the patient has survived the code (or possibly in between arrests), the ICU team has agreed to do so. So, this is not automatic. The main way this will be noted is that the Medicine ward resident will almost certainly write a note indicating this. | ||
=== Patients accepted to ICU service who never physically arrived in an ICU [[Boarding Loc]] === | === Patients accepted to ICU service who never physically arrived in an ICU [[Boarding Loc]] === | ||