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Critical Care Statistics

View statistics on many of the current issues in critical care in the United States. Review this reference in efforts such as advocacy, public relations, and general education.

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Intensivists in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals

Review this article from Critical Care Medicine designed to determine the total numbers of privileged and full-time equivalent intensivists in acute care hospitals with intensivists and compare the characteristics of hospitals with and without intensivists.

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United States Resource Availability for COVID-19

With the onset of COVID-19 and the strong possibility of a large percentage of the U.S. population being admitted to hospitals and ICUs, SCCM updated its statistics on critical care resources available in the United States.

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Media Releases

• New Guidelines Proposed for ICU Design (February 23, 2025)
• SCCM Project Aims to Decrease Sepsis Deaths in Low-Resource Settings (January 21, 2024)
• The Society of Critical Care Medicine Awarded Second Grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies to Fund Diagnostic Excellence Program (November 1, 2023)
• New Guidance Issued on the Determination of Brain Death AAN, AAP, CNS and SCCM Develop Consensus Practice Guideline (October 11, 2023)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine to Collaborate With Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Project on Overcoming Barriers to Patient- and Family-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research (February 9, 2023)
• SCCM Africa Infrastructure Relief and Support Project Will Improve Access to Lifesaving Oxygen in West Africa (January 21, 2023)
• The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Awards $100,000 Grants to Eleven Specialty Societies Seeking to Improve Diagnostic Excellence (September 29, 2022)
• SCCM ICU Liberation for Pediatrics Now Available in Electronic Health Record Software
• New SCCM Guidelines for Critically Ill Children in PICU Address Delirium, Pain, Agitation, Withdrawal (February 4, 2022)
• Updated Adult Sepsis Guidelines Emphasize Treatment of Long-Term Consequences of Illness (October 4, 2021)
• Children with life-threatening sepsis may stay in the hospital longer if they are from low-income neighborhoods, study suggests (February 1, 2021)
• ICU-telemedicine may reduce death, get patients home sooner: Tele-intensivist care accelerates treatment, suggests study of more than 150,000 patients (January 31, 2021)
• As COVID-19 Surges Nationwide, Intensivists, Critical Care Teams Plead with Americans to Rise to the Challenge  (November 20, 2020)
• Amid New COVID-19 Surge, PPE Must Be Top Priority Says Critical Care Societies Collaborative (November 16, 2020)
• COVID-19: What's Next: SCCM hosts first conference of frontline leaders to prepare for convergence of COVID-19 and flu (September 8, 2020)
• New Editor-in-Chief Named for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal (August 13, 2020)
• PointClickCare Partners with SCCM to Provide De-identified Patient Data for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry (July 9, 2020)
• American College of Radiology Selected as Imaging Partner for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry (June 23, 2020)
• VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients (May 12, 2020)
• United Airlines Partners with New York City to Fly Medical Volunteers to Help in COVID-19 Fight (April 3, 2020)
• Shortage of ICU Providers Who Can Operate Ventilators Would Severely Limit Care During COVID-19 Outbreak (March 25, 2020)
• New Guidelines on Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Released by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Initiative of SCCM and ESICM (March 20, 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)

SCCM In The News

• Methylene Blue Adds Value in Treating Septic Shock Medscape (February 15, 2023)
• Post-ICU Clinics Reduce Burnout and Benefit Patients Medscape (February 13, 2023)
• Climate change crisis goes critical The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (February 13, 2023)
• IL-6 receptor antagonists, antiplatelets show high probability of benefit for COVID-19 Healio Pulmonology (February 3, 2023)
• Prolonged weaning linked to worse outcomes in mechanically ventilated ICU patients Healio Pulmonology (February 1, 2023)
• Genetic Testing in the PICU Prompts Meaningful Changes in Care Medscape (January 31, 2023)
• Fasting may not be necessary for ICU patients ahead of extubation Healio Pulmonology (January 31, 2023)
• Health Rounds: Newer genetic tests underused in critically ill kids Reuters (January 31, 2023)
• Genome Sequencing May Improve Care in PICU Pharmacy Practice News (January 30, 2023)
• Early high-flow oxygen therapy fails to shorten hospital stay in children Healio Pulmonology (January 30, 2023)
• Citing Workplace Violence, One Fourth of Critical Care Workers Are Ready to Quit Medscape (January 30, 2023)
• Most critical care workers have faced physical, verbal workplace violence Healio Pulmonology (January 27, 2023)
• Better CPR for Non-Shockable Arrest; PICU Transfusions; PTSD After Child's ICU Stay Medpage Today (January 26, 2023)
• Connecting clinicians to ICU survivors may help lessen symptoms of burnout Healio Pulmonology (January 26, 2023)
• Unmet Medical Needs Common After ICU Care Medpage Today (January 25, 2023)
• Restrictive, Liberal Fluid Strategies Yield Similar Outcomes for Sepsis-Induced Hypotension HealthDay (January 25, 2023)
• Expect Infectious Diseases to Skyrocket in the ICU Infectious Disease Special Edition (January 25, 2023)
• Achieving Target Vanco Levels in Patients With Kidney Disease Pharmacy Practice News (January 25, 2023)
• Pediatric Respiratory Failure No Better Off With Early High-Flow Oxygen Medpage Today (January 24, 2023)
• Smaller Blood Draws Reduce Transfusions in ICU, Trial Suggests Medpage Today (January 24, 2023)
• 25% of critical healthcare staff willing to quit over workplace violence Becker's Hospital Review (January 23, 2023)
• Tele-Critical Care Pharmacists Improve Medication Management Pharmacy Practice News (January 23, 2023)
• Frailty May Be Higher Risk Than Age in ICU—Even for COVID-19 Infectious Disease Special Edition (January 23, 2023)
• MRSA PCR Nasal Swab Another Tool for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Critically Ill Children Infectious Disease Special Edition (January 23, 2023)
• Fasting Before Respiratory Extubation Not Needed, Study Says Medpage Today (January 23, 2023)
• When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short NPR (July 11, 2022)
• PICU: 'Feed Early, Feed Well' With Enteral Nutrition Medscape (February 12, 2021)
• No Consensus Yet on Alternative Treatments for Pediatric Sepsis Pharmacy Practice News (February 12, 2021)
• Nearly 60% of Critical Care Pharmacists Report Burnout Pharmacy Practice News (February 9 2021)
• Early Antibiotics for Sepsis Don't Results in Overall Higher Use Pharmacy Practice News (February 4, 2021)
• Burnout Among ICU Docs Skyrocketed During COVID-19 MedPage Today (February 3, 2021)
• Telemedicine in ICU Saves Lives, Study Finds MedPage Today (February 3, 2021)
• COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores Need for ICU-Telemedicine Contagion Live (Februrary 5, 2021)
• Dexmedetomidine Ties Propofol for Intubated Adults With Sepsis MedPage Today (February 2, 2021)
• 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)
• U.S. May Not Have Enough Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients HealthDay (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)
• 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 (February 21, 2019)
• Stewardship-Led Communication Improves Outcomes for Patients With Positive Cultures Infectious Diseases Today (February 20, 2019)
• Antibiotic Use Following Ventilation for RSV Linked to Shortened Clinical Courses Infectious Diseases Today (February 19, 2019)
• Hospital-Onset Sepsis Twice as Deadly as Community-Onset Sepsis, Study Finds. Infectious Diseases Today (February 19, 2019)

SCCM Statements

• SCCM Joint Letter to FDA on IV Solution Supply Chain Disruption (October 10, 2024)
• SCCM and AACN Joint Letter to Congress in Support of the SAVE Act (August 15, 2022)
• SCCM and AACN Joint Statement in Support of the SAVE Act (August 15, 2022)
• SCCM, ATS, and CHEST Joint Statement on the Conviction of RaDonda Vaught (August 15, 2022)
• SCCM Letter in Response to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee (September 10, 2021)
• Critical Care Societies Collaborative Joint Letter and Response Regarding the Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry in Patients with Darker Skin Color (March 31, 2021)
• Official Statement of SCCM: Firearm Injury Prevention (October 22, 2020)