TY - JOUR
T1 - International Critical Care - From an Indulgence of the Best-Funded Healthcare Systems to a Core Need for the Provision of Equitable Care
AU - Lumb, Philip D.
AU - Adler, Diane C.
AU - Al Rahma, Hussain
AU - Amin, Pravin
AU - Bakker, Jan
AU - Bhagwanjee, Satish
AU - Du, Bin
AU - Bryan-Brown, Christopher W.
AU - Dobb, Geoffrey
AU - Gingles, Bruce
AU - Jacobi, Judith
AU - Koh, Younsuck
AU - Razek, Assem Abdel
AU - Peden, Carol
AU - Shrestha, Gentle S.
AU - Shukri, Khalid
AU - Singer, Mervyn
AU - Taylor, Phil
AU - Williams, Ged
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) envisions a world in which all critically ill and injured persons receive care from a present, integrated team of dedicated trained intensivists and critical care specialists. Multiprofessional teams use knowledge, technology, and compassion to provide timely, effective, safe, efficient, and equitable patientcentered care (1).? The shorthand version is the organization?s trademark ?Right Care, Right Now? that in the society?s vision ?is best provided by an integrated team of dedicated experts directed by a trained and present physician credentialed in critical care (an intensivist). Right Care, Right Now means the right care is delivered at exactly the right moment to achieve optimal patient outcomes (1).? The following collaboration between international authors is not just opportunity to reflect on SCCM?s rich history but highlights the fundamental role Critical Care Medicine (CCM) has played in defining today?s healthcare paradigm: multidisciplinary, multiprofessional, team-based, and patient-focused care. Here, we aim to explore the evolution of ?international? critical care and help to understand our current standing in the specialty?s history.
AB - The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) envisions a world in which all critically ill and injured persons receive care from a present, integrated team of dedicated trained intensivists and critical care specialists. Multiprofessional teams use knowledge, technology, and compassion to provide timely, effective, safe, efficient, and equitable patientcentered care (1).? The shorthand version is the organization?s trademark ?Right Care, Right Now? that in the society?s vision ?is best provided by an integrated team of dedicated experts directed by a trained and present physician credentialed in critical care (an intensivist). Right Care, Right Now means the right care is delivered at exactly the right moment to achieve optimal patient outcomes (1).? The following collaboration between international authors is not just opportunity to reflect on SCCM?s rich history but highlights the fundamental role Critical Care Medicine (CCM) has played in defining today?s healthcare paradigm: multidisciplinary, multiprofessional, team-based, and patient-focused care. Here, we aim to explore the evolution of ?international? critical care and help to understand our current standing in the specialty?s history.
KW - coronavirus disease 2019 response
KW - history
KW - international practice
KW - Society of Critical Care Medicine sections
KW - transnational organizations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115980282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005188
DO - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005188
M3 - Article
C2 - 34259443
AN - SCOPUS:85115980282
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 49
SP - 1589
EP - 1605
JO - Critical Care Medicine
JF - Critical Care Medicine
IS - 10
ER -