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SCCM Welcomes New Editor-In-Chief of Critical Care Medicine

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has named Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCM, as the new editor-in-chief of Critical Care Medicine, starting in October 2024.


International Critical Care Exam

Evaluate your critical care knowledge.


Successful Investigator-Initiated Studies in the ICU

Review development, implementation, and more.


Mechanical Circulatory Support With ECPR

Does adding mechanical circulatory support to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) lead to better outcomes than ECMO alone? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a recent meta-analysis that compares ECMO with mechanical circulatory support to ECMO alone to determine whether one group had decreased mortality and increased likelihood of good neurologic outcomes.


Member Benefits

Enhance your critical care knowledge, find connections, and grow professionally with your SCCM member benefits.


SCCM Critical Care Workforce Update 2023

As an update to a 2019 workforce report, three committees from the Society of Critical Care Medicine evaluated critical care medicine’s continued emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in the critical care workforce, and pitfalls exposed by the pandemic.


Associate Member Benefits

Become an SCCM Associate member to enjoy exclusive benefits.


Professional Member Benefits

Become an SCCM Professional member to enjoy exclusive benefits.


High-Consequence Pathogens

SCCM provides resources for various high-consequence pathogens.


2024 ICU Heroes Award Winners

Independence Day is supposed to be a day of celebration, but for Cooper Roberts and Ian Azeredo, it was life changing. If it were not for their respective critical care teams, it would have been life ending. Today, both Cooper and Ian are alive and doing well with the help of their care teams, family, and fighting spirit. They are all the recipients of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) ICU Heroes Award, which recognizes an ICU patient and family and the multidisciplinary team that delivered the care.


Reducing Mortality From Sepsis in Low-Resource Settings

SCCM has received funding for a project aiming to reduce mortality in low-resource settings.



Fluid Resuscitation in Children With Acute Kidney Injury

Should critically injured children receive balanced crystalloid (BC) solutions or normal saline (NS) during fluid resuscitation? This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a recent study examining whether the use of BC solutions versus NS is associated with the development of new or progressive acute kidney injury in children with septic shock.


Guidelines on Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Chaudhuri D, Nei AM, Rochwerg B, et al. 2024 focused update: guidelines on use of corticosteroids in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and community-acquired pneumonia. Crit Care Med. Online special article. January 19, 2024. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006172.


Guidelines on Glycemic Control for Critically Ill Children and Adults

Honarmand K, Sirimaturos M, Hirshberg E, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines on glycemic control for critically ill children and adults 2024. Crit Care Med. Online special article. January 19, 2024. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006174.


Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU

Honarmand K, Wax RS, Penoyer D, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines on recognizing and responding to clinical deterioration outside the ICU: 2023. Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb;52(2):314-330.


SCCM Pod-503: Current Concepts: Toxidromes and Illicit Drug Abuse In the ICU

This is the third episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Aaron Goodwin, PA-C, MS, and Brett Hogan, ACNP, BSN, MS, RN, to discuss updates in toxidromes and illicit drug abuse in the ICU.


SCCM Pod-502: Current Concepts: Hemostatic Resuscitation for Traumatic and Nontraumatic Hemorrhage

This is the second episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Nasim Motayar, MD, to discuss updates in hemostatic resuscitation for traumatic and nontraumatic hemorrhage.


SCCM Pod-501: Leadership and Management Skills

Gain valuable insights and tools on topics including mentorship, leadership, and workplace relationships that are specific to practitioners in critical care. Experts from SCCM’s Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (LEAD) Committee discuss the leadership and management skills to enhance your professional role.


SCCM Pod-500: Bedside in a Battle Zone: SCCM Sends Help and Hope to Ukraine

SCCM volunteers traveled twice to Lviv, Ukraine, in 2023 to train nearly 500 clinicians on lifesaving education focused on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical, and ICU Liberation. In this very special 500th episode of the SCCM Podcast, these volunteer faculty share insights into their inspiring and educational mission.


Appropriate Antibiotic Delay in Bloodstream Infections: How Long Is Too Long?

Does delaying antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infections have an effect on mortality? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a study on the impact that time-to-appropriate antimicrobial treatment has on 30-day mortality in adult patients with bloodstream infections.


ICU Centers of Excellence Program

Elevate patient care, enhance outcomes, and gain recognition as a leader in critical care.


Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Join SCCM in creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive critical care community.


Congress Highlights

Don’t miss the latest from the 2024 Critical Care Congress.


SCCM Pod-499: Is Mentorship Obsolete in Our Modern Healthcare Environment?

Host Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FCCM, is joined by Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM, and Kenneth E. Remy, MD, MHSc, MSCI, FCCM, to discuss whether mentorship is obsolete in our modern healthcare environment. The information discussed in this podcast was provided by the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (LEAD) Committee.


SCCM Pod-498 Current Concepts: New Initiatives, Diagnostics, and Management in Coma

Dive into the inaugural episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, is joined by Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, as they discuss the latest developments in the coma, delving into essential aspects vital for the intricacies of critical care management. Don't miss this riveting exploration of cutting-edge knowledge in the field.


Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Life Support and Sepsis

Gain beginner point-of-care ultrasound skills.


Critical Care Ultrasound: Pediatric and Neonatal

Gain the realistic training needed to perform and interpret ultrasound imaging.


Critical Care Ultrasound: Adult

Get the realistic training needed to perform and interpret ultrasound imaging.


Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest

Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) improve survival rates? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a study that sought to determine whether patients who received eCPR after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest had a favorable neurologic outcome at 30 days compared to those who received conventional CPR.


Fundamentals Courses Help Critically Ill Patients in Underserved Areas

Thanks to the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, Gisselle Aguilar Sabillón, MD, recently led two Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support courses in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, training 39 pediatric residents and ICU nurses and providing standardized knowledge about caring for critically ill children.


SCCM Pod-497: Generational Differences in Practice and Learning

In this follow-up to the intriguing session held during the 2023 Critical Care Congress LEAD precourse titled Generational Differences in Practice and Learning, host Ludwig Lin, MD, is joined by Sergio L. Zanotti-Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM, to explore the dynamics of generational differences in critical care.


World-Renowned Experts at the 2024 Critical Care Congress

SCCM is thrilled to bring world-renowned thought leaders to the 2024 Critical Care Congress to discuss innovative developments and hot topics in critical care. Read the thought leaders’ own previews of their upcoming sessions!


Mideast Response

SCCM extends its unwavering support to the critical care community and patients.


SCCM Members Extend Commitment to Ukrainian Clinicians

A multiprofessional group of SCCM members trained more than 300 clinicians in September, returning to Lviv, Ukraine to provide Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical, ICU Liberation, and Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound courses.


SCCM and IDSA Guidelines for Evaluating New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU

O’Grady NP, Alexander E, Alhazzani W, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for evaluating new fever in adult patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2023 Nov;51(11):1570-1586.


Critically Ill Children and the ICU Liberation Bundle

Does use of the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) improve outcomes in critically ill children? Explore the first multicenter report on the impact of the entire ICU Liberation Bundle in critically ill children. Previous studies have focused only on individual bundle elements.


SCCM Pod-496: Moving From Surviving to Thriving With Long COVID

Millions of people have long COVID and may experience cognitive, mental health, and physical side effects. Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by James C. Jackson, PhD, PsyD, to discuss practical strategies to move patients from merely surviving to thriving.


SCCM Success at AMA House of Delegates Meetings

Society of Critical Care Medicine representatives to the American Medical Association House of Delegates provide an update on recent advocacy.


COVID-19 Vaccine Resources

Explore clinician-focused resources on COVID-19 vaccination.


SCCM Pod-495: Renal Resurgence: Exploring CRRT's Impact on Critical Illness and AKI

Join host Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, as she delves into the critical topic of acute kidney injury (AKI) and its significant impact on critically ill patients. Guest Javier Neyra, MD, MSCS, offers a comprehensive overview of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in AKI, exploring the preferred modalities and technical considerations. This podcast is sponsored by Baxter Healthcare Corporation.


SCCM Pod-494: Mastering CRRT: Optimal Anticoagulation and Citrate Selection

Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, is joined by Rajesh Speer, PharmD, MSHA, MS, to delve into continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and anticoagulation. This podcast is sponsored by Baxter Healthcare Corporation.


SCCM Pod-493: Bundle and Save: The Future of ICU Liberation

Ludwig H. Lin, MD, was joined by Kristina A. Betters, MD, and Christopher Adams, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM, during the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the future of ICU Liberation, including large-scale implementation, culture change, translation of existing tools, and implementation in resource-limited settings. This podcast is sponsored by Etiometry.


Critical Care Quick Study

Submit critical care microlearning content to the SCCM Resource Library.


REDISCOVER-ICU: Utilizing Data to Study Drug Repurposing Beyond COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant gaps in the healthcare system, such as healthcare inequities and the need for more treatment options for intensive care unit patients with serious illnesses. Looking beyond COVID-19 to sepsis and other critical care illnesses, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Critical Path Institute’s CURE Drug Repurposing Collaboratory are collaborating on the new study Repurposing Drugs in Intensive Care Units Through Real-World Data Analysis (REDISCOVER-ICU).


Critical Care ConfidenCE

A free and easy way to self-assess your critical care knowledge.


The Impact of Blood Culture Positivity on Community-Acquired Sepsis

This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into the impact of blood culture positivity on community-acquired sepsis and evaluates the epidemiology, resistance profiles, and clinical outcomes of culture-positive and culture-negative sepsis. In a recent study, 14% of patients with community-acquired sepsis had positive blood cultures, in-hospital mortality was lower in patients with culture-positive sepsis, and 55% involved gram-negative bacilli.


SCCM Pod-492: The Long and Short of Long COVID

COVID-19 survivors who experience severe critical illness are at risk even when they leave the ICU. Long COVID is becoming recognized as a widespread problem, resulting in lower quality of life and productivity. Ludwig H. Lin, MD, is joined by E. Wesley Ely, MD, MHP, MCCM, to discuss the range of symptoms encompassing long COVID, as well as the latest research and treatment.


President’s Message: Research Triggers Thought . . . and Action!

SCCM is supporting transformative and informative research, encouraging thought and action through its grants, programs, sections, collaborative audits, and research networks.


Guidelines for Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Critically Ill Adult Patient

Acquisto NM, Mosier JM, Bittner EA, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine clinical practice guidelines for rapid sequence intubation in the critically ill adult patient. Crit Care Med. 2023 Oct;51(10):1411-1430. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006000.


SCCM Pod-491: Nursing the Wounds of Burnout

COVID-19 transformed healthcare and presented specific long-term challenges for the nursing profession. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, was joined by Norma J. Shoemaker Honorary Lecturer Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the shortage of critical care nurses.


SCCM Pod-490: The Role of Social Media in Medical Education

Can healthcare professionals use social media to enhance delivery of medical education and deliver the same educational content to a larger, more diverse, and more engaged audience? Ludwig H. Lin, MD, was joined by Nicolas M. Mark, MD, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the role of social media in medical education.


Critical Care Echocardiography Review Online

Prepare for the echocardiography board examination and gain in-depth critical care echocardiography knowledge to improve patient outcomes. 


Critical Care Echocardiography Review Course

Explore all aspects of echocardiography in critically ill patients and prepare for the critical care echocardiography board examination.


REDISCOVER-ICU

Repurposing drugs in intensive care units through real-world data analysis


2024 Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care

Explore controversial, cutting-edge, and timely topics.


Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role

Gain valuable insights and tools on topics including mentorship, leadership, and workplace relationships.


Supply Chain Management During Outbreaks and Disasters

Review best practices for supply chain management of equipment, supplies, medications, and staffing shortages.


SCCM Pod-489: The AIMS Trial: Battle of the Bundles, Hour-1 Versus 3-Hour

The Assessment of Implementation of Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure (AIMS) Study seeks to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention using the evidence-based Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Mitchell M. Levy, MD, MCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the goal of the AIMS Study and the elements of both the Hour-1 and 3-Hour bundles.


Push-Dose Vasopressor Safety and Efficacy

Are push-dose vasopressors (PDPs) safe and effective for patients with hypotension outside the operating room? This Concise Critical Appraisal covers a recent study that sought to determine whether phenylephrine and epinephrine are effective for acute hypotensive periods when PDP protocols are in place.


SCCM Pod-487: The Intersection of Climate Change and Critical Care

According to the United Nations, climate change is the defining crisis of our time and is happening more quickly than anticipated. Can critical care professionals be the spark that lights the fire of change? Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by Srinivas Murthy, MD, MDCM, MHSc, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the intersection of climate change and critical care.


Deep Dive: Goals of Patient Care, Leadership, and Patient Flow

Gain strategies to address demand for resources and ensure well-being of critical care professionals.


Deep Dive: The Final Frontier of Sepsis Precision Medicine

Explore differing methodologies for precision medicine delivery.


Deep Dive: Acute Kidney Injury and Organ Crosstalk During Critical Illness

Explore diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions to improve outcomes in patients with AKI.


Deep Dive: Advances in the Care of Infectious Diseases in the ICU

Review the impact of emerging infections and new technologies for their diagnosis and management.


SCCM Pod-486: Strategies for Preventing Sepsis and Septic Shock in the Hospital Setting

Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM, to discuss optimal strategies for preventing sepsis and septic shock in the hospital setting. This podcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. 0.25 hours of accredited continuing education credit is available for this podcast through July 30, 2024. Visit sccm.org/store for details.


SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program Seeks to Transform Sepsis Care With Support of CMSS Grant

Sepsis is the leading cause of hospitalization and hospital deaths in the United States. SCCM has received a grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies to improve diagnostic excellence. SCCM’s Diagnostic Excellence Program focuses on providing education and technology for accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnosis via webcasts, podcasts, and toolkits.


Big Data Leads to the Discovery Data Science Campaign

The Discovery Data Science Campaign was launched in 2022 to improve the care of critically ill patients by leveraging the use of large-scale data (big data) for research. The campaign’s goal is to apply findings from data analysis in a clinical environment through standardized data models and shared resources, starting with the 2023 Datathon.


SCCM Pod-485: Better Together: The Power of Collaboration

The power of scientific collaboration has a broad reach. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, was joined by SCCM Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient John C. Marshall, MD, FRCSC, FACS, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the importance of research and scientific collaboration. This podcast is sponsored by Dompé Pharmaceutical.


Concise Critical Appraisal: Prehospital Transfusions and Mortality in Pediatric Trauma

Is prehospital transfusion associated with better outcomes in pediatric trauma? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a retrospective study of children who sustained trauma that found that pediatric patients were likely to benefit from early hemostatic resuscitation with blood transfusion.


SCCM Pod-484: ICU Liberation in the Pediatric Setting

The ICU Liberation Campaign aims to liberate patients from the harmful effects of an intensive care unit stay. The campaign is expanding to include more resources for children and infants. Host Ludwig Lin, MD, was joined by Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss ICU Liberation and how it is being adapted to improve care in the pediatric ICU. This podcast is sponsored by Etiometry.


Critical Care Societies Collaborative

Societies work together to optimize the care of critically ill patients.


SCCM Pod-483 Clinicians, Patient Outcomes, and Implicit Bias

​Implicit bias is a form of automatic and unintentional bias that affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors. Implicit bias can pose a barrier to the diagnosis and treatment of critical illness. Ludwig H. Lin, MD, is joined by Varun U. Shetty, MD, to discuss ways that critical care professionals can mitigate diagnostic delays and errors by being aware of their own implicit biases. 


RSV Vaccination in Adults May Curtail Morbidity and Mortality

This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and explores a recent trial that led to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the first RSV vaccine. The Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus (AReSVi-006) clinical trial is an ongoing, international, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that assesses the safety and effectiveness of a single dose of an RSV vaccine in nearly 25,000 patients.


SCCM Pod-482 PCCM: The Cost of Compliance: Restrictive Practices in the PICU

Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Katherine Steffen, MD, MHS, to discuss the clinical and economic impacts of compliance with RBC transfusion guidelines, as discussed in “The Impact of Restrictive Transfusion Practices on Hemodynamically Stable Critically Ill Children Without Heart Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the Age of Blood in Children in the PICU Trial” published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.


SCCM Pod-481: Everything You Need to Know About Critical Care Ultrasound

For more than 10 years, the Society of Critical Care Medicine has offered an in-person critical care ultrasound course interspersing lectures with interactive training. This format has now been replaced by a hybrid format to ensure that healthcare professionals continue to receive optimized ultrasound training and education. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, was joined by Sarah E. Bain, MD, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the critical care ultrasound course, how it has evolved, and how it is expanding around the world. This podcast is sponsored by Echonous.


Research Methodology Roundtable: Model Building Approaches

Gain strategies for variable selection and model building.


SCCM Unified Search

Search across all SCCM websites.


Critical Care Congress Site Selection

SCCM President Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, MS, FCCM, provides an overview on how the Society is prioritizing and rethinking ease, comfort, and cost of access to the Critical Care Congress when selecting future sites.
 


SCCM Pod-480: Optimizing Sepsis Care Hour-1 Bundle at a Time

Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, and Daleen Penoyer, PhD, RN, CCRP, FCNS, FAAN, FCCM, discuss how to develop and operationalize performance improvement teams to implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s (SSC) Hour-1 Bundle, which was developed in 2021 to minimize time to treatment for patients with sepsis and septic shock. This podcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. 0.25 hours of accredited continuing education credit is available for this podcast through May 31, 2024. Visit sccm.org/store for details.


SCCM Pod-488: Getting to the Heart of the National Board of Echocardiography Examination

The National Board of Echocardiography has developed an examination to assess echocardiography and ultrasound skills, which are required by many medical programs. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, was joined by Sara Nikravan, MD, FASE, FCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss advanced echocardiography and the National Board of Echocardiography examination. This podcast is sponsored by Echonous.


Future Congress Dates

Mark your calendars! Save the date and plan ahead to attend the Critical Care Congress.


SCCM at AACN NTI 2023

Thank you for visiting the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) at NTI 2023. 


SCCM Pod-479: Is Tele-Critical Care Medicine the Future of Healthcare?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals implemented tele-critical care medicine to help patients while keeping staff safe from exposure. Now that patient care has gone back to normal, what is the role of tele-critical care medicine? Donald S. Prough, MD, FCCM, was joined by Krzysztof Laudanski, MD, PhD, FCCM, and Sonia S. Everhart, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM, during the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how tele-critical care medicine was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and its continued benefits after the pandemic. This podcast is sponsored by Equum Medical and CLEW Medical.


Concise Critical Appraisal: Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone Versus Hydrocortisone Only

Is hydrocortisone for septic shock best used alone or in combination with fludrocortisone? This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a retrospective cohort study that found that treatment with hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone led to lower rates of mortality or discharge to hospice, hospital deaths, and fewer days on vasopressors than treatment with hydrocortisone alone.


SCCM Pod-478: Challenges of Ill-Fitting Noninvasive Interfaces for Pediatric Patients

Although the variety of noninvasive interfaces for pediatric patients has grown in the past 10 years, they are still limited. Donald S. Prough, MD, FCCM, was joined by Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, during the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how clinicians’ need to have the right equipment for their patients led to a device development project using 3D imaging that obtained sample sizes from various age groups to bridge the fit gap and lessen pressure point injury among pediatric patients.


Focused Assessment Modules

Narrow your critical care knowledge gap and prepare for the subspecialty examination.


SCCM Pod-477: Going Viral With the Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry

The Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study and registry of all eligible adult and pediatric patients who are admitted to a hospital. Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry.


SCCM Trains Ukrainian Clinicians on Critical Care Ultrasound

Members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) traveled from the United States to Lviv, Ukraine in March to train more than 140 clinicians on lifesaving critical care ultrasound. Learning and using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) skills allows Ukrainian medical professionals to quickly diagnose and care for critically ill and injured patients—all the more important as injuries continue to mount in the ongoing Ukrainian humanitarian crisis.


Advanced Knowledge Assessment in Pediatric Critical Care

Evaluate your critical care knowledge and earn maintenance of certification points.


Self-Assessment in Pediatric Multiprofessional Critical Care

Assess your knowledge through questions, answers, and rationales from top focus areas.


Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric

Maximize your savings and learning with a product bundle.


Critical Care Review and Assessment: Pediatric Bundles

Maximize your savings and learning with a product bundle.


Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric Online

Designed for clinicians seeking to review and update pediatric critical care knowledge.


Multiprofessional Critical Care Review and Assessment: Pediatric

Designed for clinicians seeking to review, update, and assess pediatric critical care knowledge.


Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online

Designed for clinicians seeking to review and update adult critical care knowledge.


Advanced Knowledge Assessment in Adult Critical Care

Evaluate your critical care knowledge and earn maintenance of certification points.


Self-Assessment in Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care

Assess your knowledge through questions, answers, and rationales from top focus areas.


Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult

The most complete critical care book for any learner in adult practice.


Critical Care Review and Assessment: Adult Bundles

Maximize your savings and learning with a product bundle.


Multiprofessional Critical Care Review and Assessment: Adult

Designed for clinicians seeking to review, update, and assess their adult critical care knowledge.


Remembering Norma Shoemaker: A Nurse Pioneer and SCCM’s First Executive Director

Norma J. Shoemaker, RN, MN, FCCM, one of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) earliest nurse members and its first executive director, died March 8, 2023. She was 90.


Sepsis Resources

Access all of the Society’s sepsis resources in one place.


Trip to West Africa Kicks Off SCCM AIRS Project

Oxygen is essential for human life and has no substitute. Its importance was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic by the many patients who had difficulty breathing. Medical oxygen is used in many different settings, such as intensive care units, operating rooms, delivery rooms, and during emergency transport.


SCCM Pod-476 CCM: The Evolving Story of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter

From the earliest days of critical care medicine, the importance of measuring cardiac output and hemodynamic monitoring were recognized in understanding the physiology of critically ill patients. However, methods for measuring cardiac output were cumbersome or not widely available. Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, is joined by Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, to discuss the evolution of the pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients, as discussed in “The Story of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Five Decades in Critical Care Medicine,” published in Critical Care Medicine.


Concise Critical Appraisal: Endothelial Glycocalyx Integrity and Fluid Bolus Types

Is there an association between balanced versus unbalanced fluids and endothelial glycocalyx integrity in children with sepsis? This Concise Critical Appraisal offers insight into the vascular dysfunction that occurs in pediatric patients with sepsis or septic shock after receiving either balanced or unbalanced fluids.


Hosted Training Opportunities

Provide training to improve care for critically ill and injured patients.


SCCM Pod-475: Data Science and the Future of Critical Care Research

Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, has launched the Data Science Campaign to leverage large-scale data for research. Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by J. Perren Cobb, MD, FACS, FCCM, and Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, NP, FAAN, FCCM, at SCCM's 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the future of data science and critical care research.


In Person

Explore in-person educational opportunities and practice resources.


SCCM Pod-474: Clinician Well-Being and the Importance of Self-Care

Intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians pride themselves on their ability to care for others, even at the expense of caring for themselves. Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by Emily K. Valcin, DNP, RN, FCCM, during SCCM’s 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss ICU clinician well-being and the importance of self-care.


SCCM Pod-473 Changing Careers Means Changing Perspectives

Healthcare professionals who want to make a job change often do not know how to go about it. Impending job searches seem daunting. Ludwig Lin, MD, was joined by Mojdeh Heavner, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM, during SCCM’s 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the dos and don’ts of changing jobs mid-career.


SCCM Pod-472 Career Crossroads: Taking the LEAD in a New Direction

Marilyn Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCCCP, MCCM, during SCCM’s 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how the new Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (LEAD) Committee will engage participants in a variety of didactic and small-group sessions to facilitate their progress as mentors, managers, leaders of trainees, coworkers, critical care teams, volunteers, and future leaders within SCCM.


Africa Infrastructure Relief and Support

Ensuring the availability of stable, sustainable medical oxygen to patients in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia


Crisis Response

SCCM assists the critical care community during disasters and emergencies by providing resources and updates.


Humanitarian Activities

Improving healthcare infrastructure in underserved areas


Industry Partner Resources

Explore presentations on clinical breakthroughs and advances that lead to better patient care.


Concise Critical Appraisal: Artificial Intelligence and the ICU Patient

With the advancement and increasing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, researchers have begun studying how to apply the technical capabilities of AI to the intensive care unit (ICU). This Concise Critical Appraisal explores how ICU AI systems could replace traditional monitoring systems and clinical risk assessment tools with computers that use multidimensional and multidomain data patterns to enhance patient care, predict outcomes, and seamlessly extract and interpret clinical information.


About the Society

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is the largest nonprofit medical organization dedicated to promoting excellence and consistency in the practice of critical care.


SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis

Maureen Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Mary Jo C. Grant, ACNP, PhD, FAAN, to discuss how to reduce diagnostic delays and errors, with an emphasis on sepsis. This podcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. 0.5 hours of accredited continuing education credit is available for this podcast through March 31, 2024. Visit sccm.org/store for details.


SCCM Pod-470 PCCM: Adverse Events and Mortality in the PICU

The contribution of adverse events to the deaths of patients in the pediatric ICU (PICU) who die despite a low predicted mortality risk is unknown. Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by Carin W. Verlaat, MD, to discuss adverse events in low-risk nonsurvivors compared with low-risk survivors and high-risk PICU survivors and nonsurvivors and the contribution of adverse events to mortality.


An Update on SCCM Relief Efforts in Türkiye and Syria

SCCM President Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, MS, FCCM, provides an update on the SCCM emergency response efforts for the Türkiye-Syria Earthquake.


Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Response

SCCM offers these free resources to help during natural disasters.


Concise Critical Appraisal: Timing of Prone Positioning During Venovenous ECMO for ARDS

This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a meta-analysis showing that prone positioning is beneficial for patients meeting criteria for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), especially when initiated within five days after ECMO initiation. When initiated within five days, patients had lower intensive care unit (ICU) mortality rates, higher likelihood of being discharged alive, shorter ECMO duration, and cumulative 90-day probability of being discharged from the ICU.


SCCM Africa Infrastructure Relief and Support Project Will Improve Access to Oxygen in West Africa

The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) new global health initiative, Africa Infrastructure Relief and Support (AIRS), will ensure the availability of medical oxygen to patients in the Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, made possible by a $5.5 million grant from Direct Relief and in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Global Alliance of Perioperative Professionals (GAPP) and the Institute of Global Perioperative Care. Officials in the Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will identify specific medical oxygen-related needs, including hospital-based infrastructure, oxygen-generating plants, and solar energy. SCCM plans to eventually expand the initiative to additional countries.


SCCM to Lead Ultrasound Training in Ukraine

José L. Díaz-Gómez, MD, FASE, FCCM, rides his bicycle to work every day in Houston, Texas. He passes the Texas Medical Center, where he sees a large Ukrainian flag on one of the hospital buildings. The flag symbolizes support for Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia, and now when Dr. Díaz-Gómez passes it, he sees something more. He sees courage, responsibility, and hope.


Spreading Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training With the SCCM Course

In 2014, Nibras F. Bughrara, MD, FASA, FCCM, joined Albany Medical Center (AMC) in Albany, New York, USA, after completing a critical care medicine fellowship and perioperative echocardiography training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. At the time, he was the only intensivist at AMC using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).


COVID-19 Shutdown Expands Opportunity to Teach Critical Care Medicine

Before Michael J. Waxman, MBA, MD, FCCM, heads out to teach an FCCS course, he goes into his attic, where his simulation and teaching equipment is stored. He selects what he needs among the mannequins, defibrillators, ventilators, and other supplies, packs it all into his car, and hits the road.


Teaching Crisis Management in the United States and Around the World

Mary J. Reed, MD, FCCM, began teaching FCCS about 25 years ago. From there, her involvement expanded to teaching multiple SCCM courses, helping to develop courses, and teaching the courses overseas.


SCCM Supports FCCS Training in Tajikistan

Khorog, the regional capital of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), sits at an elevation of 2200 meters among the beautiful but rugged and isolated Pamir Mountains, where some people live at elevations of 4000 meters or more. In this resource-limited region, the Soviet-era healthcare system differs markedly from that of the United States.


The Critical Care Community Shares Why It’s “Better Together” at Congress 2023

The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 2023 Critical Care Congress in San Francisco marked the in-person return of the largest multiprofessional critical care gathering, bringing together thousands of colleagues and experts from around the world. This year’s Congress theme of “Better Together” recognized the meaningful ways in which critical care professionals collaborate with each other and contribute to the communities in which they live and work.


Dr. Glaucomflecken Shares Humor on Social Media and at 2023 Critical Care Congress

Social media star and comedian Dr. Glaucomflecken, aka ophthalmologist William E. Flanary, MD, along with his wife, Kristin Flanary, MA, shared social media insights as well as his experience as an ICU patient during his presentation of the Peter Safar Honorary Lecture, “Wife and Death: Featuring Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken,” on January 22, 2023, at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 2023 Critical Care Congress in San Francisco, California.


Fluid Accumulations and Adverse Outcomes in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients

Is there an association between fluid accumulation (FA) and adverse outcomes in critically ill pediatric patients, and is there a threshold FA associated with these outcomes? This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a retrospective cohort study of PICU patients over a 5-year period that found that FA was common among critically ill mechanically ventilated children within the first 7 days of admittance. Higher FA was associated with adverse outcomes; however; only greater than 20% FA was associated with worse outcomes.


2023 ICU Heroes Award Winners: Perseverance and Compassion Amid the Chaos

Fifteen-year-old Rowen Cartmill played basketball for Westside Christian High School’s freshman team on January 8, 2022. Three days later, he was in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) at Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon, intubated, sedated, and paralyzed, and on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).


CURE ID

Aggregating and analyzing COVID-19 treatments from EHRs and registries globally


Datathon

Clinicians and data scientists collaborate to address real-world critical care issues and improve patient care. 


Congress Literature Releases

The latest from leading medical journals.


Data Science Campaign

Leverage the opportunities afforded by the rapidly evolving field of data science.


Lasting Connections

The critical care team is Better Together!


Select Member Benefits

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Discover IHCA Project

Investigate in-hospital cardiac arrests and post-resuscitation care.


SCCM Pod-469 CCM: Method or Madness? Epidemiology of ICU-Onset Bloodstream Infection

Bloodstream infections acquired in the ICU are potentially preventable. Listen to a discussion on the article, “Epidemiology of ICU-Onset Bloodstream Infection: Prevalence, Pathogens, and Risk Factors Among 150,948 ICU Patients at 85 U.S. Hospitals.” This podcast is sponsored by Sound Physicians.


SCCM Pod-468: When Should Antibiotics Be Used to Treat Respiratory Infections?

Although only a small number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 present with a secondary bacterial pneumonia, a large percentage are unnecessarily treated with antibiotics. Hear about how physicians and hospitalists can identify when antibiotics are unnecessary for hospitalized patients with moderate to severe respiratory infections. This podcast is sponsored by bioMérieux.


SCCM Pod-467 PCCM: AHA Guidelines Address Calcium During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest

The American Heart Association’s cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines recommend against the routine administration of IV calcium during pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest; however, IV calcium is routinely used. Learn more in this discussion of “Calcium Administration During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children With Heart Disease is Associated With Worse Survival—A Report From the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation (GWTG-R) Registry."


Early Mobilization During Mechanical Ventilation: Pain With No Gain

Early active mobilization has been shown to mitigate ICU-acquired weakness, reduce disability and, most importantly, reduce mortality. This Concise Critical Appraisal describes a recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine about mobilization during mechanical ventilation that reevaluates the effects of sedation minimization and daily physiotherapy on serious adverse events and mortality at 180 days.


NIH Funds SCCM Discovery Study on the Use of Sepsis Bundles in the Emergency Department

In funding a five-year prospective multicenter study to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is recognizing the significant accomplishments of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) to improve outcomes in patients with sepsis.


Hosted Training Planning Timeline

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Sample Letter to Hosted Course Learners

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Sample Letter to Hosted Course Instructors

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Fundamental Critical Care Support: Resource Limited Self-Study

Prepare healthcare professionals to care for critically ill and injured patients in resource-limited environments.  


Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical Self-Study

Prepare nonsurgical healthcare professionals to manage critically ill surgical patients.  


Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics Self-Study

Expand maternal/fetal critical care training for intensivists and nonintensivists.  


SCCM Pod-466: Hyperammonemia, the Silent Killer

Untreated hyperammonemia can cause irreversible neurologic damage, coma, or death. Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, is joined by Anna-Kaisa Niemi, MD, PhD, and a patient who was hospitalized for hyperammonemia at age 8 years to discuss the importance of improved recognition of hyperammonemia and awareness of the underlying causes, such as urea cycle disorders. This podcast is sponsored by Horizon Therapeutics.


SCCM Pod-465 PCCM: Who’s Got the Right Dose?

Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) guidelines include weight-based epinephrine dosing recommendations of 0.01 mg/kg with a maximum of 1 mg, which corresponds to a weight of 100 kg. But what are the actual practice patterns? This podcast discusses the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article “Weight-Based Versus Flat Dosing of Epinephrine During Cardiac Arrest in the PICU: A Multicenter Survey.”


Improving Post-ICU Stay Outcomes: How SCCM’s Discovery Grant Helped Establish an NIH-Funded Study

Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM, has a highly personal understanding of the challenges of recovering from an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Diagnosed at age 15 with ulcerative colitis, his colon was removed when it perforated and caused septic peritonitis. Throughout his life, he has had 27 major surgeries and multiple ICU stays for bowel resections after bowel obstructions or to address complications from recurrent intestinal obstructions. These experiences have motivated his research to test a personalized, remotely monitored, coached exercise program to help patients recover after ICU discharge.


Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Self-Study

Equip clinicians to recognize critical illness and initiate care for critically ill pediatric patients.


Fundamental Critical Care Support: Crisis Management Self-Study

Prepare healthcare professionals to sustain patient care during disasters.   


Fundamental Critical Care Support Self-Study

Prepares nonintensivists to manage critically ill patients.  


SCCM Member Efforts in Ukraine

Rom A. Stevens, MD, FCCM, and Robert Kerr, MD, were planning to spend this past April sailing off the west coast of Alaska. The two retired Navy captains were looking forward to a relaxing escape, ready to soak in the breathtaking scenery of the last frontier. Instead, they found themselves in war-torn Ukraine, trying desperately to aid a country being decimated by ongoing Russian invasions.


SCCM Member Creates Telehealth Nonprofit to Help Ukrainians

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Jarone Lee, MD, MPH, FCCM, like so many others, wanted to help the Ukrainian people. But beyond donating money or supplies, Dr. Lee realized his unique combination of skills could help in a different way.


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Concise Critical Appraisal: Impact of a Machine Learning Early Warning Score on Hospital Mortality

Common causes of death in hospitals, such as sepsis and respiratory failure, are treatable and benefit from early intervention. Machine learning algorithms or early warning scores can be used for early identification and recognition to potentially help accelerate interventions and limit morbidity and mortality. This Concise Critical Appraisal explores an article published in Critical Care Medicine that looked at the impact of one of these early warning scores—electronic cardiac arrest risk triage (eCART)—on mortality for elevated-risk adult inpatients.


SCCM Pod-464 CCM: More Communication: Who Needs it? Families Do!

Written communication, as a supplement to traditional verbal communication, may overcome some of the challenges that clinicians face when engaging with families in the ICU. Learn more in this discussion of the Critical Care Medicine article “Daily Written Care Summaries for Families of Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial." This podcast is sponsored by Sound Physicians.


Well-Being Resources

Self-care is critical for clinician well-being.


Hosted Training FAQs

Provide training to improve care for critically ill and injured patients.


Diagnostic Excellence Program

Using education and technology for accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnoses


AIMS Study

Determine the safest, most effective approach to sepsis intervention.


Discovery and SARI-PREP Have Roles in Preparing for Next Pathogen Outbreak

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed major gaps in the U.S. healthcare system, prompting the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) to form the National Special Pathogen System of Care (NSPS) to prepare the country for the next large-scale outbreak. Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, and its Severe Acute Respiratory Infection – Preparedness (SARI-PREP) program are helping lead the way in this new vision. SARI-PREP is a key player in the effort to establish a coordinated and standardized healthcare network that provides high-quality care to parents with a special pathogen, while also protecting healthcare workers.


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