Responsibilities:
- Evaluate consults to the MICU
- When consulted, see and evaluate the patient, then discuss with the MICU fellow regarding the most appropriate level of care and plan
- Discuss with the call resident regarding who will place admission orders for new MICU patients. The triage is not responsible for writing notes for new admissions
- When not triaging, teach interns (bedside ultrasound, ventilator teaching). The triage resident is not the first person for help with performing procedures, road trips (prioritize asking APNs, ED dayfloat, bridge, MROC)
- If not admitting to the MICU, write an evaluation note and make specific recommendations for management and stabilization to the primary team
Daily Schedule
- Monday through Friday 7:00am – 4:00pm
- Days off include weekends and public (clinic) holidays
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM: The On-Call Resident should sign on to the admitting pager on arrival and discuss any outstanding evaluations with the Night Float Resident. Urgent consults prior to 7AM should be seen by the call resident.
7:00 AM – 7:15 AM: Triage signs into the admitting pager. The Triage Resident should attend the teaching case on rounds every day unless they have an active consult.
7:15 AM – 4 PM: Remain on the pager and see consults. Triage does not attend the remainder of rounds. If there are multiple active consults, triage will split evaluations with the call resident.
4 PM: Triage discusses any outstanding evaluations with the call resident. They also sign out active floor patients that may need to come to the MICU but are pending a performed intervention (for example: rechecking BP after bolus). Call resident takes over the admitting pager, and triage leaves the hospital.
Updated 8/2025