Critical Care Medicine in Argentina

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Critical Care Medicinein Argentina
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Argentina in Critical Care
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Types of ICU Models

• Public Institutions
• gt 95 Closed Units
• Private and Social Security Hospitals
• 60 Open Units. Most of them tend to work
  as Closed Units

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Training of ICU Physicians

• Background training
• Internal medicine. No less than two years of a
  certified residence program. (gt 98 )
• Respiratory medicine
• Surgery

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Formal Critical Care Training

• After First level training
• Three years Residence or two years Fellowship
  programs
• Certified by the Argentine Society of Critical
  Care medicine
• University of Buenos Aires
• Provincial Boards of Medical Specialists
• There is no formal critical care training for
  medical students

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Decision Makers in the ICU

• Certified Units
• One or two daily rounds.
• ICU director or associated ICU specialists
• Chief Resident
• Critical Care Fellow
• Only 30 of total ICUs

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Pressing Critical Care Educational Needs

• Encourage Critical Care Units to accomplish
  Certification Guidelines
• Critical Care Units managed by critical care
  specialists
• Convince the Board of Faculties of Medicine to
  include Critical Care as a new separate chapter
  in formal training for medical students

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