Media Relations

SCCM Media Relations

Conact our media relations team at media@sccm.org.

SCCM is able to provide subject matter experts to speak on critical care issues, including emergency response and preparedness.

Melissa Nielsen
Senior Manager, Communications
Email: mnielsen@sccm.org
Phone: +1 847 827-7405
Cell: +1 847 890-3919 (text preferred)

Danny Lysouvakon
Director, Marketing, Communications and Sales
Email: dlysouvakon@sccm.org
Phone: +1 847 827-7282

Media Releases and Statements

Joint Statement of the Critical Care Societies Collaborative to the U.S. Congress and Trump Administration
Consensus Statement on Multiple Patients Per Ventilator
SCCM-ASA Joint Statement to Collaboratively Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
New Guidelines on Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Released by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Initiative of SCCM and ESICM (March 20, 2020)
Shortage of ICU Providers Who Can Operate Ventilators Would Severely Limit Care During COVID-19 Outbreak (March 16, 2020)
Vaping-associated respiratory distress syndrome (VARDS):New guidance provides first screening recommendations (February 17,2020)
Opioid overdoses on the rise in children, becoming more severe, deadly, study finds (February 16, 2020)
One in three Medicare beneficiaries don’t receive home health rehabilitation after ICU stay (February 16, 2020)
Young, healthy people with opioid use disorder at increased risk of death from sepsis, study suggests (February 16, 2020)
Largest study of sepsis cases among Medicare beneficiaries finds significant burden (February 14, 2020)
New Guidelines for Hepatic Failure in the Intensive Care Unit (February 14, 2020)
New pediatric sepsis guidelines recommend child-specific care for deadly condition: Timely and appropriate treatment saves lives (February 14, 2020)
Traumatic Brain Injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued (March 5, 2019)
Models of Peer Support to Remediate Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (February 13, 2019)
SCCM’s Patient Communicator App Empowers Patients and Families During Care and Recovery (January 15, 2019)
New Guideline for Managing Pain, Agitation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep in Critically Ill Adults (October 1, 2018)

SCCM In The News

There Aren’t Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus New York Times (March 18, 2020)
More lifesaving ventilators are available. Hospitals can’t afford them Washington Post (March 18, 2020)
Craig M. Coopersmith, MD: COVID-19 Staffing and Resourcing in the ICU MD Magazine (March 18, 2020)
U.S. May Not Have Enough Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients HealthDay (March 18, 2020)
Spike in COVID-19 cases leads to increased demand for ventilators KCTV [CBS] (Kansas City) (March 18, 2020)
America Needs More Ventilators. Here’s How We Can Get Them. Slate (March 18, 2020)
Coronavirus: Ventilator rush faces regulatory and logistical obstacles NBC Nightly News (March 17, 2020)
Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients Associated Press (March 17, 2020)
Fears grow over federal ventilator supply as coronavirus cases mount Fierce Healthcare (March 17, 2020)
SCCM: Too Few Ventilators, ICU Beds Available for Worst-Case COVID-19 Scenario MedPage Today (March 17, 2020)
Overwhelming' Number of COVID-19 Cases Expected in US Medscape (March 16, 2020)
Here's what ICUs are putting up against COVID-19 MD Edge (March 16, 2020)
America’s Intensive-Care Dividend Wall Street Journal (March 16, 2020)
Mass General Chief Calls for ‘War-Like Stance’ on Coronavirus Bloomberg (March 15, 2020)
As The Pandemic Spreads, Will There Be Enough Ventilators? NPR (March 14, 2020)
We’ll take them all': Demand for ventilators spikes as coronavirus looms ABC News (March 14, 2020)
Hospitals could be overwhelmed with patients and run out of beds and ventilators as the coronavirus pushes the US healthcare system to its limits Business Insider (March 11, 2020)
Grant Expected to Advance Sepsis Research Infection Control Today (March 6, 2019)
Whole genome sequencing benefits pediatric ICU patients The Hospitalist (March 6, 2019)
Use of Respiratory Viral Panels Does Not Impact Clinical Outcomes in ICU Patients Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 21, 2019)
Stewardship-Led Communication Improves Outcomes for Patients With Positive Cultures Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 20, 2019)
Antibiotic Use Following Ventilation for RSV Linked to Shortened Clinical Courses Infectious Diseases Today(Feb. 19, 2019)
Hospital-Onset Sepsis Twice as Deadly as Community-Onset Sepsis, Study Finds. Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 19, 2019)