{"id":759,"date":"2021-10-12T08:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/?p=759"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:52:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:52:41","slug":"va-level-of-care-definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/12\/va-level-of-care-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Level of Care Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Observation<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemodynamically stable patients who require at least 6 hours and, for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>certain conditions, up to 48 hours of treatment or assessment pending a decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>regarding the need for additional care. Observation level of care services may be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>provided in designated observation units or on a hospital floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acute<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemodynamically stable patients who require treatment, assessment, or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>intervention every 4-8 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intermediate<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemodynamically stable patients who require treatment, assessment, or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>intervention every 2-4 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Critical<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemodynamically unstable patients (or those with the potential to become<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>unstable) who require treatment, assessment, or intervention every 1-2 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meanings-of-LOC-per-IQ.docx\">Meanings of LOC<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observation: Hemodynamically stable patients who require at least 6 hours and, for certain conditions, up to 48 hours of treatment or assessment pending a decision regarding the need for additional care. Observation level of care services may be provided in designated observation units or on a hospital floor. Acute: Hemodynamically stable patients who require treatment,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/12\/va-level-of-care-definitions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;VA Level of Care Definitions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-va","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.imresidents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}