Dabota Yvonne Buowari, Department of Accident and Emergency, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Along East West Road, Alakahia, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 23401, Nigeria
Christian Owoo, Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, Guggisberg Avenue, Korle Bu, GA-029-4296 Accra, Ghana; Department of Anaesthesia, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Guggisberg Avenue, Korle Bu, GA-029-4296 Accra, Ghana; Ghana Infectious Disease Centre, Kwabenya, Ga East, Municipal Hospital, GE-255-9501 (PQ47+FGV), Accra, Ghana; University of Ghana Medical Centre, Indian Ocean Link, University of Ghana, GA-337-6980 (JRJ7+WJP) Accra, Ghana
Lalit Gupta, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Maulana Azad Medical College, 2 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
Carl Otto Shell, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna Väg, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden; Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Sveavägen entré 9 Mälarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna, 631 88 Sweden; Department of Medicine, Nyköping Hospital, Nyköping 61185, Sweden
Tim Baker, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna Väg, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden; Department of Emergency Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, United Nations Road, Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania; Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK; Ifakara Health Institute, 5 Ifakara Street, Plot 463 Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 78 373, Tanzania. Electronic address: tim.baker@ki.se
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Article

Publication Date

10-2022

Abstract

Critical illness is a state of ill health with vital organ dysfunction, a high risk of imminent death if care is not provided, and the potential for reversibility. An estimated 45 million adults become critically ill each year. While some are treated in emergency departments or intensive care units, most are cared for in general hospital wards. We outline a priority for health systems globally: the first-tier care that all critically ill patients should receive in all parts of all hospitals: Essential Emergency and Critical Care. We describe its relation to other specialties and care and opportunities for implementation.

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