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
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Best of all, the stability was more than adequate for confident movement during long shifts in critical care.
—Samson McDougall, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
But for far too many Americans, critical care and treatments are out of reach.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
These devices, if not properly secured, can serve as gateways for hackers to infiltrate broader networks, compromising both patient data and critical care systems.
—Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
On Wednesday, the prosecution called to the stand Rachael Love, a critical care nurse practitioner who treated Nichols at St. Francis Hospital, according to WATN.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Samson McDougall, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
But for far too many Americans, critical care and treatments are out of reach.
—Carma Hassan, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
These devices, if not properly secured, can serve as gateways for hackers to infiltrate broader networks, compromising both patient data and critical care systems.
—Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
On Wednesday, the prosecution called to the stand Rachael Love, a critical care nurse practitioner who treated Nichols at St. Francis Hospital, according to WATN.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Critical care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critical%20care. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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