This Issue’s Focus: Sepsis On the Cover Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Emergency Department Early recognition and immediate action are key factors in resuscitating patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. Learn the vital role the emergency department plays in treatment for these patients. HRSA's Workforce Report Confirms Intensivist Shortage The Health Resources and Services Adminstration has confirmed an intensivest shortage, and the Society has found a new ally in its efforts to solve this looming problem.

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ABIM Approves Critical Care as a Subspecialty
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has designated critical care medicine as a subspecialty of internal medicine, representing a significant recognition for critical care within ABIM and a success for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), which took an active role in supporting this development.

Revising the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: A Closer Look
Revisions to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines are nearing completion. Learn more about the careful work that goes into the revision process

  SCCM Pod-38 CC: Revising the SSC Guidelines 

Implementing Guidelines in Multiple Facilities: Key Principles and Strategies (available in print)
Each member of the multiprofessional team, from administrators
to front-line caregivers, have a role in ensuring new practice guidelines are implemented efficiently. Learn the basic principles geared at helping hospital staff achieve their goals.

The Pharmacologic Horizon of Sepsis Therapy (available in print)
While there are several antisepsis drugs in the pipeline, the soonest the healthcare community can expect a new product is 2009. Discover which drugs are in development and what practitioners can concentrate on in the meantime.

Physicians Weigh In on a Critical Care Medicine Specialty

Bring the Surviving Sepsis  Experts to Your Region

Focus on Sepsis, Glycimic Control and Antithromboticsin Critical Care

Section and Chapter News

Welcome New Members

 Learn more about sepsis and other issues relavent to the critical care teamat the new SCCM educational series Clinical Focus. Sepsis, Glycemic Congrol and Antithrombotics in Critical Care will be held November 3 and 4 in San Deigo, California, USA.