Essential Emergency and Critical Care: A Priority for Global Health Systems

Dakota Yvonne Duowari, Christian Owoo, Lalit Gupta, Carl Otto Schell, Tim Baker* (Corresponding Author), The EECC Network Group

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Abstract

Critical illness is a state of ill health with vital organ dysfunction, a high risk of imminent death if care is not provided, and the potential for reversibility. An estimated 45 million adults become critically ill each year. While some are treated in emergency departments or intensive care units, most are cared for in general hospital wards. We outline a priority for health systems globally: the first-tier care that all critically ill patients should receive in all parts of all hospitals: Essential Emergency and Critical Care. We describe its relation to other specialties and care and opportunities for implementation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)639-656
Number of pages17
JournalCritical Care Clinics
Volume38
Issue number4
Early online date23 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
C. Owoo declares consultancy fees from the WHO, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sanofi, and conference support from Frusenius Kabi, Sanofi and Pfizer, all outside the submitted work. T. Baker declares personal fees from the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the Wellcome Trust, all outside the submitted work. All authors are members of the EECC Network Group. The authors declare no other commercial or financial conflicts of interest.

Funding Information:
C. Owoo declares consultancy fees from the WHO, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sanofi, and conference support from Frusenius Kabi , Sanofi and Pfizer , all outside the submitted work. T. Baker declares personal fees from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the Wellcome Trust, all outside the submitted work. All authors are members of the EECC Network Group. The authors declare no other commercial or financial conflicts of interest.

Keywords

  • Critical care
  • Emergency care
  • Essential health services
  • Global health
  • Low- and middle-income countries
  • Quality of care

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