HMC Department of Surgery
OVERVIEW
Welcome to the Surgical Critical Care Service at Harborview Medical Center.
Over your time here you will manage some of the most complex patients you will ever come across over the course of your career.
These patients often have several services involved in their management. These patients are usually admitted under the General Surgery, Vascular, or Thoracic Services, however it is the Surgical Critical Care Service that coordinates their care.
Although most of the ICU attendings are surgeons, it is important to note that the scope of the ICU service will be limited to evaluation and management of problems separate and distinct from routine postoperative surgical care.
These services include but are not limited to:
- Ventilator management
- Hemodynamic management
- Management of coagulopathy
- Diagnosis and management of nosocomial infection
- Nutritional support
- Non-operative management of head injury
- Venous thromboembolism screening, prophylaxis and treatment
- Management of renal failure exclusive of dialysis
- Coordination of subspecialty consultations
- End-of life care