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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—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
These organizations employ millions of people, many of whom deliver critical care to individuals who need it while allowing their family caregivers to go to work.
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The highest risk of developing heat stroke is when feel-like temperatures are more than 90 degrees, Dr. Bilal Bangash, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Bayhealth in Dover, Delaware, told the American Medical Association in a blog post.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
Even clinics with waivers report being paralyzed by staffing gaps and payment delays, leaving critical care out of reach.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
These organizations employ millions of people, many of whom deliver critical care to individuals who need it while allowing their family caregivers to go to work.
—Kendra Davenport, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The highest risk of developing heat stroke is when feel-like temperatures are more than 90 degrees, Dr. Bilal Bangash, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Bayhealth in Dover, Delaware, told the American Medical Association in a blog post.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
Even clinics with waivers report being paralyzed by staffing gaps and payment delays, leaving critical care out of reach.
—Daniel Anthony, Them., 15 May 2025
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“Critical care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critical%20care. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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