critical care
noun
1
: the monitoring and treatment of critically ill or injured patients : intensive care
Critical care involves the use of life-sustaining, high-technology medicine catering to a patient population that extends to both extremes of age. In adult ICUs, the average age is increasing and is now commonly well over 60 years.—
Simon Finfer and Jean-Louis Vincent
Simon Finfer and Jean-Louis Vincent2
: a designated area of a hospital providing critical care : intensive care unit
The death toll rose from six to at least 12, with scores of people needing hospital treatment and some in critical care.—Heather Brooke
—often hyphenated when used before another nounHeather Brookecritical-care nursing
a critical-care bed
see also critical care unit
Examples of critical care in a Sentence
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Finally, after six months in critical care, Tatiana received a heart transplant.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
Get a hand from nonprofits Grants from health care foundations and associations that specialize in particular diseases can also be hugely helpful, as Janet Kerrigan, 68, a former critical care nurse from Myrtle Beach, S.C., has learned.
—Diane Harris, TIME, 27 June 2024
Amedy transferred out of the critical care unit and stood up briefly on Jan. 11.
—Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
To understand how to keep animals safe and comfortable, IndyStar spoke with Dr. Aimee Brooks, an emergency critical care specialist at Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, for advice.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2024
The technology marks a fundamental change in the way diseases are diagnosed, said Erica Sanford Kobayashi, a pediatric critical care doctor at Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
In many hospitals and medical facilities today, a nonscientific assessment of fetal ‘viability’ is used to withhold critical care.
—John Oertle, National Review, 16 June 2024
Travis Melin, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor from Portland, Oregon, was stationed at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as part of the CADUS international disaster response team.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 15 June 2024
Austin was admitted to Walter Reed’s critical care unit for supportive care and close monitoring at around 2 p.m. Sunday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
Get a hand from nonprofits Grants from health care foundations and associations that specialize in particular diseases can also be hugely helpful, as Janet Kerrigan, 68, a former critical care nurse from Myrtle Beach, S.C., has learned.
—Diane Harris, TIME, 27 June 2024
Amedy transferred out of the critical care unit and stood up briefly on Jan. 11.
—Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
To understand how to keep animals safe and comfortable, IndyStar spoke with Dr. Aimee Brooks, an emergency critical care specialist at Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, for advice.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2024
The technology marks a fundamental change in the way diseases are diagnosed, said Erica Sanford Kobayashi, a pediatric critical care doctor at Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California.
—Mark Johnson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
In many hospitals and medical facilities today, a nonscientific assessment of fetal ‘viability’ is used to withhold critical care.
—John Oertle, National Review, 16 June 2024
Travis Melin, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor from Portland, Oregon, was stationed at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as part of the CADUS international disaster response team.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 15 June 2024
Austin was admitted to Walter Reed’s critical care unit for supportive care and close monitoring at around 2 p.m. Sunday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Critical care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critical%20care. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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