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Institute's Story- Life's Mission - Works in Progress What is Critical Care Medicine? Ongoing Missions Time
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What is Critical Care Medicine? The term
"Critical Care" was first proposed by our group in the
early 1960's from the concept that life-endangered patients, the “critically
ill” have a substantially better chance of survival if
minute-to-minute monitoring and care based on objective
measurements, is provided by highly -trained physicians and nurses
in emergency departments and in special care units, including
intensive care, coronary care and post-operative care units. The concept evolved
from Dr. Weil's and Dr. Shubin's research on cardiovascular and
septic shock beginning in 1958 at the then Los
Angeles County Hospital, the major USC teaching
hospital. From that beginning, they conceived the idea of creating a
critical care expert who would be professionally specialized and
committed to life-saving medical care. In 1967, Doctors Weil
and Shubin convened a group of 20 national leaders in internal
medicine, cardiology, surgery, anesthesiology and pediatrics. They
became the founding members of the Society
of Critical Care Medicine, committed to the multidisciplinary
education and practice of young physicians and surgeons recruited to
this field. Dr. Weil served as the Founding President. Current
worldwide membership exceeds 12,000 physicians, scientists, and
related health specialists. In 1971, a parallel effort among nursing
specialists serving in coronary and critical care units led to the
organization of the American
Association of Critical Care Nurses. It currently has more than
100,000 members.
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