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Critical Care Medicine Specialist Template

Scribe BC - ICU progress note

A professional Critical Care Medicine Specialist template for healthcare professionals.
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This ICU progress note template is designed for critical care medicine specialists to efficiently document patient care in the intensive care unit. It covers essential elements like active problems, medications, management plans, and various system exams. This template helps streamline documentation, ensuring all critical information is captured, which is especially useful when using an AI scribe like Heidi. Using this template with Heidi can save time and improve the accuracy of your clinical notes, allowing you to focus more on patient care.

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**Morning rounds, ICU day**: Day 3 **Date of ICU Admission**: 2024/10/30 **ICU doctors**: Dr. Emily Carter, Dr. Ben Miller, Resident: Dr. Sarah Jones **Active Problem List**: * Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) * Septic Shock * Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) * Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) **Pre-admission diagnoses/Past Medical History**: * Hypertension * Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus * Hyperlipidemia **Surgical history & procedures**: * Appendectomy, 2010 **Medications**: * Piperacillin/Tazobactam 3.375g IV q6h * Vancomycin 1g IV q12h * Fentanyl 50 mcg/hr IV * Midazolam 2 mg/hr IV * Insulin Glargine 10 units subcutaneously daily * Insulin Lispro sliding scale * Enoxaparin 40mg subcutaneously daily * Norepinephrine 4 mcg/min IV **Management Plan**: * Continue antibiotics for VAP: "Piperacillin/Tazobactam 3.375g IV q6h and Vancomycin 1g IV q12h" * Continue Fentanyl and Midazolam for sedation. * Continue insulin sliding scale for blood glucose control. * Continue Enoxaparin for DVT prophylaxis. * Continue Norepinephrine for blood pressure support: "Norepinephrine 4 mcg/min IV" * Wean ventilator settings as tolerated. * Monitor urine output and renal function. * Daily labs and CXR. **Consultants**: * Pulmonology: Continue current respiratory support, consider bronchoscopy if no improvement. * Nephrology: Continue current management of AKI. **CNS exam**: RASS -2, CPOT 1, GCS 10. Sedated on Fentanyl 50 mcg/hr IV and Midazolam 2 mg/hr IV. Mobility limited due to sedation and weakness. Pain controlled. Sleep disrupted. **Cardiovascular exam**: Norepinephrine 4 mcg/min IV. BP stable. No JVP. **Respiratory exam**: Patient intubated and mechanically ventilated. HFNC. ABGs stable. **Gastrointestinal exam**: NG tube in place, draining clear secretions. Abdomen soft, non-tender. **Genitourinary exam**: Foley catheter in place, urine output adequate. No edema. **Endocrine**: Blood glucose 140 mg/dL. Insulin Lispro sliding scale. Insulin Glargine 10 units subcutaneously daily. **Skin**: CWMS intact. No skin breakdown noted. **Lines & tubes**: Central venous catheter in right internal jugular vein. Foley catheter. NG tube. **Infection & microbiology**: Blood cultures pending. Sputum culture positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Temperature 38.5°C. Started on Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Vancomycin. **Labs**: CBC: WBC 18.2, Hgb 10.1, Plt 250 Electrolytes: Na 140, K 4.0, Cl 100, HCO3 22, BUN 30, Creatinine 1.8, eGFR 40 Other labs pending. **Imaging**: CXR: Shows bilateral infiltrates consistent with ARDS. **DVT prophylaxis/GI prophylaxis**: Enoxaparin 40mg subcutaneously daily. SCDs in place. **Ventilatory support, Vasoactive medications**: Ventilator settings: PEEP 10, FiO2 60%, RR 20, Vt 400. Norepinephrine 4 mcg/min IV. **Social History**: Patient's wife present at bedside. Patient was a construction worker. **Code status**: Full code. **Critical Care**: Monitoring for signs of sepsis and ARDS progression. Daily assessment of sedation and ventilator settings. "The patient provided verbal consent to use the AI scribe during this visit, understanding its purpose, potential benefits, and as well as any associated privacy and security risks."
**Morning rounds, ICU day**: [insert current ICU day since admission and state in format Day (insert number)] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Counts days from date of admission to icu which is day 1.) **Date of ICU Admission**: [insert icu admission calendar date YYYY/MM/DD] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **ICU doctors**: [list of ICU attending physicians and residents] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Active Problem List**: [include active issues, working diagnosis, differential diagnosis, organ failures] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Use bullet points.) **Pre-admission diagnoses/Past Medical History**: [include past medical history, chronic medical problems] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Use bullet points.) **Surgical history & procedures**: [list of surgical procedures and dates] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Medications**: [List medications, include insulin doses here as well as all infusions given] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Enoxaparin should be used instead of enox or oxaparin.) **Management Plan**: [include medications with disease being treated, indication for each medication, include antibiotics, tests pending, tests ordered, include ventilator and respiratory therapies, include vasoactive medications. Put quotes here word for word without modification. Include antibiotics and blood pressure medications such as vasopressors such as levophed] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Use bullet points.) **Consultants**: [list consultants and specialists names and recommendations] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **CNS exam**: [include RASS, CPOT score, GCS; medications including sedatives, units to be used for preceded infusion are mcg/kg/hr, propofol dosing units are mcg/kg/min iv, versed dosimg units are mg/hr iv, fentanyl dosing units are mg/hr iv, dilaudid, morphine, include mobility & activity, pain and CPOT score, sleep][prop means propafol, fent means fentanyl][hydromorph means hydromorphone dosed in mg/hr iv]["without pressures" means "without pressors"] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Cardiovascular exam**: [include levophed or norepinephrine (mg/min iv), intravenous blood pressure medicines, dobutamine, vasopressin (units/min iv), epinephrine (mcg/min iv)][levo means levophed][IJ means internal jugular central line][include JVP] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Respiratory exam**: [Change High flow oxygen to proper term: High Flow Nasal Cannula or abbreviate as HFNC] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Gastrointestinal exam**: [include NG or OG tubes, FMS (fecal management tube). rectal tubes, JP drains, abdominal dressings or wounds, paracentesis drains, TPN (total parenteral nutrition] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Genitourinary exam**: [include presence and severity of edema, and include fluid balance, include foley and suprapubic cathetres, nephrostomy drains] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Endocrine**: [exclude diagnoses, but include results of blood sugar, glucose, insulin doses, systemic steroid medications, thyroid][insulin pump, insulin doses] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Skin**: [CWMS and skin findings] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Lines & tubes**: [list all central lines, peripheral lines, tubes, and access points] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Infection & microbiology**: [include culture results, fluid analysis results, antibiotics and exclude diagnoses, include temperature and T max, interventions] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Labs**: [laboratory results organized by category] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Put cbc on one line; electrolytes, bun, creatinine, egfr on another line, and all other labs on another line.) **Imaging**: [include xray, CT, MRI, ultrasound results] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **DVT prophylaxis/GI prophylaxis**: [prophylaxis medications and devices] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Substitute enox with enoxaparin. Put SCD (which means sequential compression device) here.) **Ventilatory support, Vasoactive medications**: [detailed ventilator settings and vasoactive medication dosing] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) **Social History**: [family members, spouse, common law, partner, friend] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. List current or previous occupation, profession, job, work, employment. Add any conversations I had with family.) **Code status**: [include code MOST, TSDM (temporary substitute decision maker)] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely. Include code status where the only options are cprc2, dnacpr2, dnacprc1, dnacprm3, dnacprm1.) **Critical Care**: [critical care specific assessments and plans] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) "The patient provided verbal consent to use the AI scribe during this visit, understanding its purpose, potential benefits, and as well as any associated privacy and security risks." (Never come up with your own patient details, assessment, plan, interventions, evaluation, or plan for continuing care - use only the transcript, contextual notes, or clinical note as a reference for the information included in your note. If any information related to a placeholder has not been explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes, or clinical note, you must not state the information has not been explicitly mentioned in your output, just leave the relevant placeholder or omit the placeholder completely. Use as many lines, paragraphs, or bullet points, depending on the format, as needed to capture all the relevant information from the transcript.)
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