Critical Care

Critical Care

Critical Care
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include General/Overviews, Coping, Disease Management, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Organizations, Children, and more. Read about intensive and critical care, questions to ask about critical care, taking care of yourself while caring for a loved one in critical care, mechanical ventilation, and more. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
https://medlineplus.gov/criticalcare.html
Intensive care unit
This web site describes the intensive or critical care unit. It provides a brief description of the kinds of patients who are in critical care units. It also explains many of the activities that go on in the intensive care unit.
http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Fi-La/Intensive-Care-Unit.html
MyICU Care.org
(Society of Critical Care Medicine)
This site is designed for people with loved ones in the critical care unit, also called the intensive care unit. Read brochures discussing issues which might come up for the patient in the critical care unit. One section describes the professional members of the critical care team and what they do. The Society of Critical Care Medicine includes its statement on end-of-life care.
http://www.myicucare.org/Pages/default.aspx?gclid=CP_RptmSgpcCFQpknAod_lKWY
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