Media Relations

SCCM Media Relations 

Contact our media relations team at media@sccm.org. 

SCCM is able to provide subject matter experts to speak on critical care issues, including emergency response and preparedness. 

Media Releases and Statements

• VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients
• United Airlines Partners with New York City to Fly Medical Volunteers to Help in COVID-19 Fight
• Joint Statement of the Critical Care Societies Collaborative to the U.S. Congress and Trump Administration
• SCCM-ASA Joint Statement to Collaboratively Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
• New Guidelines on Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Released by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Initiative of SCCM and ESICM (March 20, 2020)
• Shortage of ICU Providers Who Can Operate Ventilators Would Severely Limit Care During COVID-19 Outbreak (March 16, 2020)
• Vaping-associated respiratory distress syndrome (VARDS):New guidance provides first screening recommendations (February 17,2020)
• Opioid overdoses on the rise in children, becoming more severe, deadly, study finds (February 16, 2020)
• One in three Medicare beneficiaries don’t receive home health rehabilitation after ICU stay (February 16, 2020)
• Young, healthy people with opioid use disorder at increased risk of death from sepsis, study suggests (February 16, 2020)
• Largest study of sepsis cases among Medicare beneficiaries finds significant burden (February 14, 2020)
• New Guidelines for Hepatic Failure in the Intensive Care Unit (February 14, 2020)
• New pediatric sepsis guidelines recommend child-specific care for deadly condition: Timely and appropriate treatment saves lives (February 14, 2020)
• Traumatic Brain Injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued (March 5, 2019)
• Models of Peer Support to Remediate Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (February 13, 2019)
• SCCM’s Patient Communicator App Empowers Patients and Families During Care and Recovery (January 15, 2019)
• New Guideline for Managing Pain, Agitation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep in Critically Ill Adults (October 1, 2018)

SCCM In The News

• There Aren’t Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus New York Times (March 18, 2020)
• More lifesaving ventilators are available. Hospitals can’t afford them Washington Post (March 18, 2020)
• Craig M. Coopersmith, MD: COVID-19 Staffing and Resourcing in the ICU MD Magazine (March 18, 2020)
• U.S. May Not Have Enough Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients HealthDay (March 18, 2020)
• Spike in COVID-19 cases leads to increased demand for ventilators­ KCTV [CBS] (Kansas City) (March 18, 2020)
• America Needs More Ventilators. Here’s How We Can Get Them. Slate (March 18, 2020)
• Coronavirus: Ventilator rush faces regulatory and logistical obstacles NBC Nightly News (March 17, 2020)
• Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients Associated Press (March 17, 2020)
• Fears grow over federal ventilator supply as coronavirus cases mount Fierce Healthcare (March 17, 2020)
• SCCM: Too Few Ventilators, ICU Beds Available for Worst-Case COVID-19 Scenario MedPage Today (March 17, 2020)
• Overwhelming' Number of COVID-19 Cases Expected in US  Medscape (March 16, 2020)
• Here's what ICUs are putting up against COVID-19 MD Edge (March 16, 2020)
• America’s Intensive-Care Dividend Wall Street Journal (March 16, 2020)
• Mass General Chief Calls for ‘War-Like Stance’ on Coronavirus Bloomberg (March 15, 2020)
• As The Pandemic Spreads, Will There Be Enough Ventilators? NPR (March 14, 2020)
• We’ll take them all': Demand for ventilators spikes as coronavirus looms ABC News (March 14, 2020)
• Hospitals could be overwhelmed with patients and run out of beds and ventilators as the coronavirus pushes the US healthcare system to its limits Business Insider (March 11, 2020)
• Grant Expected to Advance Sepsis Research Infection Control Today (March 6, 2019)
• Whole genome sequencing benefits pediatric ICU patients The Hospitalist (March 6, 2019)
• Use of Respiratory Viral Panels Does Not Impact Clinical Outcomes in ICU Patients Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 21, 2019)
• Stewardship-Led Communication Improves Outcomes for Patients With Positive Cultures Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 20, 2019)
• Antibiotic Use Following Ventilation for RSV Linked to Shortened Clinical Courses Infectious Diseases Today(Feb. 19, 2019)
• Hospital-Onset Sepsis Twice as Deadly as Community-Onset Sepsis, Study Finds. Infectious Diseases Today (Feb. 19, 2019)