AANS Online Scientific Sessions: Trauma-Electronic-ICU Remote Clinician Sedation Level Verification of Nursing Assessments Corrects Sedation Discordance Between Charted and Observed RASS Scores in Mechanically Ventilated Neuro-ICU Patients

Electronic-ICU Remote Clinician Sedation Level Verification of Nursing Assessments Corrects Sedation Discordance Between Charted and Observed RASS Scores in Mechanically Ventilated Neuro-ICU Patients

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The video transcript is a presentation given at the AANS meeting, where the speaker discusses their research on the use of Electronic ICU (EICU) remote clinician to improve sedation levels in mechanically ventilated neuroICU patients. They conducted a prospective study consisting of two steps. First, they verified the discordance between charted and observed Richmond Agitation Sedation (RAS) scores. Then, they used the EICU clinician to assist nurses in accurately assessing sedation levels. The results showed a significant improvement in RAS concordance post-intervention, with over 90% of scores matched or within 1 point. This intervention also led to improvements in ICU length of stay and ventilator days. The study concludes that using EICU can help clinicians achieve more accurate sedation and better patient outcomes.

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Christian Andrew Bowers, MD

Keywords

AANS meeting

Electronic ICU

sedation levels

mechanically ventilated neuroICU patients

prospective study