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

Media Resources

Critical Care Statistics
Intensivists in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals (Critical Care Medicine)
United States Resource Availability for COVID-19

Media Releases

The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Awards $100,000 Grants to Eleven Specialty Societies Seeking to Improve Diagnostic Excellence (September 29, 2022)
SCCM ICU Liberation for Pediatrics Now Available in Electronic Health Record Software
New SCCM Guidelines for Critically Ill Children in PICU Address Delirium, Pain, Agitation, Withdrawal (February 2, 2022)
Updated Adult Sepsis Guidelines Emphasize Treatment of Long-Term Consequences of Illness
Children with life-threatening sepsis may stay in the hospital longer if they are from low-income neighborhoods, study suggests
ICU-telemedicine may reduce death, get patients home sooner: Tele-intensivist care accelerates treatment, suggests study of more than 150,000 patients
As COVID-19 Surges Nationwide, Intensivists, Critical Care Teams Plead with Americans to Rise to the Challenge
Amid New COVID-19 Surge, PPE Must Be Top Priority Says Critical Care Societies Collaborative
COVID-19: What's Next: SCCM hosts first conference of frontline leaders to prepare for convergence of COVID-19 and flu
New Editor-in-Chief Named for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal
American College of Radiology Selected as Imaging Partner for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry
PointClickCare Partners with SCCM to Provide De-identified Patient Data for VIRUS COVID-19 Registry
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
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)
SCCM ICU Liberation Bundle shown to improve patient outcomes featured in new EHR software (February 12 2020)
Traumatic Brain Injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued (March 5, 2019)

SCCM In The News

When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short NPR (July 11, 2022)
PICU: 'Feed Early, Feed Well' With Enteral Nutrition Medscape (February 12, 2021)
No Consensus Yet on Alternative Treatments for Pediatric Sepsis Pharmacy Practice News (February 12, 2021)
Nearly 60% of Critical Care Pharmacists Report Burnout Pharmacy Practice News (February 9 2021)
Early Antibiotics for Sepsis Don't Results in Overall Higher Use Pharmacy Practice News (February 4, 2021)
Burnout Among ICU Docs Skyrocketed During COVID-19 MedPage Today (February 3, 2021)
Telemedicine in ICU Saves Lives, Study Finds MedPage Today (February 3, 2021)
COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores Need for ICU-Telemedicine Contagion Live (Februrary 5, 2021)
Dexmedetomidine Ties Propofol for Intubated Adults With Sepsis MedPage Today (February 2, 2021)
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)
U.S. May Not Have Enough Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients HealthDay (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 (February 21, 2019)
Stewardship-Led Communication Improves Outcomes for Patients With Positive Cultures Infectious Diseases Today (February 20, 2019)
Antibiotic Use Following Ventilation for RSV Linked to Shortened Clinical Courses Infectious Diseases Today (February 19, 2019)
Hospital-Onset Sepsis Twice as Deadly as Community-Onset Sepsis, Study Finds. Infectious Diseases Today (February 19, 2019)

SCCM Statements

SCCM Media Contacts

Contact the Media Relations Team

Melissa Nielsen
Director, Marketing, Communications and Sales
Email: mnielsen@sccm.org
Phone: +1 847 827-7405
Cell: +1 847 890-3919 (text preferred)

Kara Mercer
Manager, Marketing and Communications
Email: kmercer@sccm.org
Phone: +1 847 493-6438