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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

The typical nursing to patient ratio is 1:3 with a shared respiratory therapist for the entire ED. Reason for intubation, severity of illness, ARDS risk score, and ventilator settings were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR). Critically ill ED patients should be paired with a 2:1 patient to nurse ratio.