Previous Polls

SCCM Polls reflect only the views of those web visitors who choose to respond and are not statistically valid. While you may repeatedly access the poll results, only one vote per user is counted. Do you believe that the current recommendations to provide 25 to 30 kcal/kg/day are appropriate for all critically ill patients? Are you considering or in the process of implementing an ICU outreach program/rapid response team? Have you proposed an ICU outreach program at your facility but were turned down or have you tried implementing a program and failed? Is your hospital in the process of an ICU redesign? Does your intensive care unit (ICU) have regular team-building exercises for the entire multiprofessional team? What percentage of patients in your ICU are cancer patients? Does your hospital provide regular disaster training and management courses for its staff? Does your intensive care unit (ICU) have a protocol for end-of-life conversations? Does your hospital have a trauma program? Does your intensive care unit have a plan to respond to an avian flu epidemic? Do you have a dedicated team member who facilitates process and outcomes measurement in your ICU? Is your ICU implementing the Surviving Sepsis Campaign bundles, or does it have plans to do so within the next six months? Do all members of your ICU team receive funding for off-site professional education each year? Does your ICU utilize therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest? What do you use as a transfusion trigger in most intensive care unit patients? Has your hospital used simulation training as part of its guideline implementation strategy? Does your hospital offer clear standards and procedures to identify and treat "problem" doctors? Does your hospital have a rapid response team or a medical emergency team? Does your intensive care unit multiprofessional team utilize a formal sedation protocol? Does your hospital utilize an oral care protocol or guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia? Current Poll