Table 2:
Medical Intensive Care Unit staffing pre- and during COVID-19 pandemic, for 45 sites participating in survey
| Pre-pandemic (n=45) |
During pandemic (n=43)* |
|
|---|---|---|
| Changes made to staffing model for ICU patients with COVID-19 | -- | 30 (69.8) |
| Intensivist role (n, %) | ||
| Primary attending | 42 (93.3) | 39 (90.7) |
| Consultant | 2 (4.4) | 4 (9.3) |
| Intensivist training (n, %) | ||
| PCCM | 45 (100) | 43 (100) |
| IM–CCM | 26 (57.8) | 29 (67.4) |
| Non–IM CCM | 17 (37.8) | 22 (51.2) |
| No formal CCM training | 1 (2.2) | 2 (4.7) |
| Other | 1 (2.2) | 2 (4.7) |
| Team members (n, %) | ||
| Fellows | 40 (88.9) | 38 (88.4) |
| Residents | 43 (95.6) | 40 (93.0) |
| APPs | 26 (57.8) | 29 (67.4) |
| Other | 5 (11.1) | 3 (7.0) |
| Temporary Workforce (n, %) | ||
| Physicians | -- | 9 (20.9) |
| Former/retired physicians | -- | 2 (4.7) |
| Outpatient physicians | -- | 5 (11.6) |
| Research, admin, non-clinical physicians | -- | 2 (4.7) |
| Physicians from outside system | -- | 4 (9.3) |
| Registered nurses | -- | 19 (44.2) |
| Respiratory therapists | -- | 7 (16.3) |
| No temporary staff | -- | 22 (51.2) |
*
Two sites did not report details on staffing during the pandemic. All percentages in this column are out of the 43 sites that completed these data.
Abbreviations: APP, Advanced Practice Practitioner; CCM, Critical Care Medicine; IM, Internal Medicine; PCCM, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine