PCT and the ICU and ED Part 4

Mark Oltermann, M.D., is director of the Medical ICU at John Peter Smith Hospital, a 430-bed level 1 trauma center in Fort Worth, Texas. He manages four full-time intensivists at the hospital, which is home to the country's largest Family Practice Residency. He recently became vice chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and is responsible for Quality for the department. Functioning as Tarrant County's primary hospital, the John Peter Smith ICU sees many indigent patients who are often very ill. Most of these patients enter the hospital through the ED. Using case studies, Dr. Oltermann will discuss integrating PCT testing between the ED and ICU in order to quickly assess the risk of sepsis in these patients and to expedite therapy.