WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE?


Intensive care medicine, also known as ‘critical care medicine’ is a specialty concerned with the supervision of critically ill patients who are at-risk, or have established possibly life threatening failure of any of the body organ systems. It is a specialty concerning with the holistic care of all features of critically ill patients. 

This comprises of diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and organ support for acute illness, patient safety, end of life care, ethics and the support of families. While other departments have a predefined role of dealing a single organ, in intensive care medicine, the whole spectrum of medical and surgical pathologies are managed. It is a lifesaving and energetic branch with the responsibility of handling the sickest of patients in the hospital. An intensivist is able to offer progressive organ support during critical illness and co-ordinates with other departments for the care of ICU patient.

Critical care medicine is a vital part of healthcare system in the developed world and is one of the fastest developing medical fields specifically in terms of patient numbers. Nowadays it is slowly being felt and recognized in developing countries where the major challenge is to make sure about the certain adequate infrastructure, training, equipments and funding for these newer members of the critical care arena.

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