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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Singh said that he’s heard from gurdwaras across the country that attendance has been dropping, which could mean that some worshippers are forgoing critical care.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Image Jet Rescue Air Ambulance conducts 600 to 700 flights a year and specializes in critical care patients, Mr. Gold said.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Connected medical devices and systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which could reveal sensitive data, delay critical care, and physically harm patients.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2025
Physician joins Franciscan in Michigan City Dr. Joy Williams, a pulmonologist and critical care physician, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Michigan City, according to a release.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Image Jet Rescue Air Ambulance conducts 600 to 700 flights a year and specializes in critical care patients, Mr. Gold said.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Connected medical devices and systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which could reveal sensitive data, delay critical care, and physically harm patients.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2025
Physician joins Franciscan in Michigan City Dr. Joy Williams, a pulmonologist and critical care physician, is now part of the Franciscan Physician Network and is accepting new patients in Michigan City, according to a release.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Critical care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critical%20care. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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