Respiratory failure & ventilation
Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform
Authors' conclusion
Comprehensive remote RT, including full ventilator management, was safely and effectively implemented in a donor care ICU.
Study context
- Population
- Organ donors in an eight-bed brain-dead donor care ICU
- Participants
- 182 organ donors
- Outcome
- Feasibility and operational impact
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Methodological detailssingle-group, 12-month period, October 2023 to October 2024
- Single-group
- 12-month period
- October 2023 to October 2024
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Respiratory procedures completed by eRT
- 3872
- Hours of remote care
- 1782
- In-person respiratory therapy (RT) support required, hours (primarily transport and advanced airway interventions)
- 119 hours (6.1%)
- Estimated full-time equivalent (FTE) savings
- 2.2
- Avoided labor costs
- $306,952
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Donor outcomes
- Organs procured
- 520
- Observed-to-expected recovery ratio
- 1.19
Safety
Safety events
- No airway losses, emergency RT activations, cardiac arrests, or delays in care occurred
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Implementation of a Remote Respiratory Therapy in a Donor Center ICU Using a Telecritical Care Platform. Crit Care Med. Published 4 June 2026. doi:10.
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