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The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is strengthening critical care training for healthcare professionals in the West Bank by training instruc...
Plan ahead for the Critical Care Congress with SCCM's breakdown on what you should know before Congress, what to focus on while you are on site, a...
Critical care professionals will gather in Chicago for the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 2026 Critical Care Congress, connecting wi...
In this episode of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast, ho...
Mentorship can be transformative, especially for immigrant critical care pr...
In this episode of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast, h...
In this episode of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast, ...
The SCCM American Medical Association House of Delegates delegation helped shape several high-impact health policies that will benefit critically ill ...
Many current length of stay (LOS) models are flawed in capturing why patients stay longer in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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The cochairs of the 2026 Critical Care Congress discuss what to expect at the 2026 Congress, to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from March 22-24, 2026.
In this episode of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast, h...
Mark E. Hamill, MD, FCCM, a trauma surgeon, intensivist, and past chair of...
Traditional career development frameworks often overlook the importance of well-being. This podcast episode emphasizes why wellness is essential to bu...
Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNC-AC, CCRN, FCCM, welcomes Kitman Wai, MD, and Sonali Basu, MD, to discuss the article, “Evolution of Pediat...
Host Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Heather Meissen, DNP, FCCM, to discuss the importance to nurses of publication and ...
A Society of Critical Care Medicine task force recently reviewed the 1992 intensivist definition guidelines in order to craft a new definition of an i...
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are indispensable members of critical care teams. As healthcare delivery becomes more complex, retaining skilled RTs in t...
Critical care trainees begin preparing for board examinations from the moment they start their training program. The Multidisciplinary Critical Care K...
The Africa Infrastructure Relief and Support (AIRS) project focuses on delivering stable medical oxygen and electricity to hospitals in Sierra Leone, ...
As nurse practitioners take on increasingly responsible roles in practice, it is worthwhile to review how the education, certification, licensure, and...
Does telecritical care impact patient care in ICUs? This Concise Critical Appraisal reviews a recent randomized controlled trial on 30 Brazilian ICUs ...
The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) annual Critical Care Congress is an opportunity for critical care professionals from around the w...
Attending Congress for the first time? SCCM provides first-time attendees with suggestions of what to expect at Congress and how to maximize the Congr...
The 2025 Critical Care Congress will be held February 23-25, 2025, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. Register now!
Examine professional development through a new framework to succeed in today’s complex ICU clinical environment.
Growing and advancing careers in critical care starts at home with the multidisciplinary team.
Improving health literacy is vital for addressing disparities in healthcare access and quality. Join Host Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, and Jerome...
While advanced monitoring technology can provide valuable information, the importance of clinical judgment and examination should not be minimized. Ho...
Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Susanna Rudy, ACNP, DNP, to discuss her journey from developing ultrasound training...
This is the fifth episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. D...
This is the fourth episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Kwame A. Akuamoah-Bo...
In the first of a series of podcast episodes focused on quality and patient safety, host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNC-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by...
Unlock the key to captivating your audience with SCCM's Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (LEAD) Program. Have you ever left a presentation...
As advanced practice provider (APP) postgraduate programs expand, what lessons have we learned as program directors? In this second episode of the APP...
As advanced practice provider (APP) postgraduate programs expand, what can we learn from the graduates themselves? Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC...
SCCM President Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, MS, FCCM, provides an overview on how the Society is prioritizing and rethinking ease, comfort, and cost of acce...
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...
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 dif...
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 U...
In 2014, Nibras F. Bughrara, MD, FASA, FCCM, joined Albany Medical Center (AMC) in Albany, New York, USA, after completing a critical care medicine fe...
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 sto...
Mary J. Reed, MD, FCCM, began teaching FCCS about 25 years ago. From there, her involvement expanded to teaching multiple SCCM courses, helping to dev...
Khorog, the regional capital of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), sits at an elevation of 2200 meters among the beautiful but rugged and isol...
The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 2023 Critical Care Congress in San Francisco marked the in-person return of the largest multiprofes...
Social media star and comedian Dr. Glaucomflecken, aka ophthalmologist William E. Flanary, MD, along with his wife, Kristin Flanary, MA, shared social...
This Concise Critical Appraisal describes two articles that illuminate the associations among the COVID-19 pandemic, clinician well-being, and burnout...
More than 75 percent of healthcare professionals have self-reported burnout as well as increased frustration and feeling overwhelmed at work. Andrea S...
The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will be on full display at the 2022 Critical...
Beth A. Wathen, CCRN-K, MSN, RN, is the current president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the world’s largest specia...
As the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) winds down its 50th year, its leadership continues to celebrate the dedication and vision of SCCM memb...
Rebecca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, and Michelle N. Gong, MD, MS, will present a thought leader session titled The Future of Critical Care: Artificial Intel...
Ake Grenvik, MD, PhD, MCCM, a founding member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and one of the earliest pioneers of critical care, died ...
The medical community has faced many challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including ensuring continued medical education in the face of so...
As a bedside nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU), I did not have much understanding of the financial impact my care was having on the patients and ...
Implicit bias is an unconscious negative view of a group of people that can compromise relationships and, in the case of the medical community, stand ...
Bertalan Mesko, MD, PhD, presents on the future of critical care medicine at SCCM's 50th Critical Care Congress.
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients who receive services via telemedicine are less likely to die and more likely to leave the hospital sooner compared ...
COVID-19: What’s Next, the first-of-its kind virtual conference hosted by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), featured the newest rese...
Currently, we face extraordinary challenges on a global scale, with multiple crises erupting one after another. Each of them compels us to thoughtfull...
Critical care clinicians are feeling increased personal stress about COVID-19 and are especially worried about infecting loved ones, while also expres...
Learn how Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) members turned a passion for improving care into action by holding donor-funded training in resourc...
Disch (Crit Care Med. 2018;46:437-441) set out to highlight the benefits of mentorship and its lack in underrepresented groups. Although women and min...
Read about the Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) efforts to seek diversity and inclusion within the critical care profession and SCCM org...
Efstathiou et al (PLoS One. 2018;13:e0207634) developed a standardized mentorship program and a series of surveys to evaluate the program’s impa...
Jackson et al (Ped Crit Care Med. 2018;19:1033-1038) set out to analyze the impact telemedicine had on time to surgery in children with intracranial h...
Gain valuable insights and tools on topics including mentorship, leadership, and workplace relationships that are specific to practitioners in critica...
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 ...
Can healthcare professionals use social media to enhance delivery of medical education and deliver the same educational content to a larger, more dive...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals implemented tele-critical care medicine to help patients while keeping staff safe from exposure. Now that pati...
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...
Marilyn Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCCCP, MCCM, during SCCM’s 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how ...
Are there bullies in the world of advanced practice providers (APPs)? How is bullying defined in a clinical environment? In this podcast, three APPs f...
Daren Heyland, MD, MSc, is of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical Care Congress. He discusses his presentatio...
Patrick Kochanek, MD, FCCM, is one of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical Care Congress. He discusses his presentat...
Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM, discusses a perspectives article published in the October 19, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, titled &quo...
Douglas Willson, MD, discusses an article he published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "The Collaborative Pediatric C...
Douglas Willson, MD, discusses an article he published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "The Collaborative Pediatric C...
John McNelis, MD, FCCM, discusses leadership and mentorship in the critical care community.
Vladimir Kvetan, MD, FCCM, discusses the history and goals of the Critical Care Leadership Network of the Greater New York Hospital Association for wh...
Society of Critical Care Medicine president Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM, discusses his goals and vision for the Society during his 2009 term.
Society of Critical Care Medicine president Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, discusses her goals and vision for the Society during her 2010 term. As...
Michael West, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses his unique career path into critical care and his background as a trauma/critical care surgeon.
Ruth Kleinpell, RN, PhD, RN-CS, FCCM, discusses her experience as a nurse practitioner as well as her research into the role of nurse practitioners an...
Amelia Hopkins, MD, FCCM, discusses her article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, “Pediatric Critical C...
Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FCCM, discusses acute care surgery, its relation to surgical critical care, and his predictions for the future of acute care surg...
Niranjan Kissoon, MD, FCCM, discusses his article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled “World Feder...
Society of Critical Care Medicine president Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FCCM, discusses her professional background and research interests during an ...
Babak Sarani, MD, serves as a course director for the Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) and Fundamental Disaster Management (FDM) programs and ...
Robert M. Pearl, MD, discusses the state of U.S. medicine as well as the importance of information technology and the future of healthcare reform with...
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Constantine Manthous, MD, who discusses his article published in the August Critical Care Medicine titl...
Michael Weinstein speaks with Ewan Goligher, MD, FRCPC, lead author on an article published in the October Critical Care Medicine, “Core Compete...
Society of Critical Care Medicine president Carol L. Thompson, PhD, CCRN, ACNP, FCCM, discusses her professional background as a nurse during an engag...
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Mitchell P. Fink, MD, FCCM, who is the recipient of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Lifet...
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Traci A. Wolbrink, MD, MPH, about “The Development of an Internet-based Knowledge Exchange Platform for P...
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with Brian Gehlbach, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational M...
Ludwig H. Lin, MD, speaks with Dorrie K. Fontaine, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Dr. Fontaine sha...
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2015 President, Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FCCM.
Michael Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCP, speaks with R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MCCM. Dr. Dellinger is a plenary speaker at this year’s Critical Care C...
Ludwig H. Lin, MD, speaks with Keri Nasenbeny, RN, MHA, Assistant Administrator of Critical Care at the University of Washington Medical Center in Sea...
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Jason W. Custer, MD, about the article, “Diagnostic Errors in the Pediatric and Neonatal ICU: A Systemati...
Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCM, speaks with Daren K. Heyland, MD, FRCPC, about the article, “The Very Elderly Admitted to ICU: A Quality F...
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Mark Mikkelsen, MD, MSCE, about the article, “Why ICU Clinicians Need to Care about Post-Intensive Care Syndrome,&rd...
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Donald D. Vernon, MD, FAAP, about the article, “Practice Patterns in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Re...
Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCM, speaks with Stephen M. Pastores, MD, FCCM, about the article, “Critical Care Organizations in Academic Med...
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Maurene A. Harvey, MPH, RN, MCCM, about her upcoming plenary talk, “Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: Truth About Conseq...
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP, about his upcoming talk, “Fusing Clinical Care with Clinical Research: The Future of ...
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Neethi Pinto, MD, about her talk, “Learning from Others: What We Can All Take from the Pediatrics Experie...
Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mark C. Dugan, MD, about the article, “Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Se...
Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM. Dr. Kleinpell is Director at the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship and ...
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, speaks with Patrick Kochanek, MD, MCCM, about his plenary talk at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, entitled ...
Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with John A. Kellum, MD, MCCM, about his talk presented at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii entitled, &ldq...
Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Bradford D. Winters, PhD, MD, FCCM, about alarm and alert fatigue in critical care. Alarm fatigue is the desensitization ...
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with SCCM President Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FCCM, about Dr. Bailey's path to becoming SCCM’s 2019 presid...
Kyle B. Enfield, MD, and Craig M. Lilly, MD, FCCM, examine tele-ICUs. Dr. Lilly presented on this topic at the Society's 48th Critical Care Congre...
Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Donna Lee Armaignac, PhD, APRN, CCNS, CCRN, discuss maximizing positive patient care outcomes through telemedicine.
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Christopher S. Parshuram, MBChB, PhD, discuss clinician moral distress in Canadian pediatric and neonatal intensive ...
Five new recommendations to reduce waste and enhance value in the practice of critical care address invasive devices, proactive liberation from mechan...
In this podcast, host Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, is joined by Samuel K. McGowan, MD, to discuss a systematic review that found significant diff...
In the ICU, medical staff do all they can to assist patients and get them back to health as quickly as possible. In the process of saving lives, bedsi...
Thanks to the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, Gisselle Aguilar Sabillon, MD, recently led two Pediatric Fun...
As an update to a 2019 workforce report, three committees from the Society of Critical Care Medicine evaluated critical care medicine’s continue...
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 ment...
Attending your first Critical Care Congress? Read on for some tips and tricks on navigating the meeting without becoming overwhelmed.
Society of Critical Care Medicine representatives to the American Medical Association House of Delegates provide an update on recent advocacy.
