ABSTRACT
What is intensive care? Intensive care medicine (ICM) is the science and art of identifying and managing critically ill patients while preventing further deterioration.
Intensive care demands a dedicated area in which all monitoring and therapeutic devices are immediately available to the appropriately trained professionals and a holistic approach of all professionals involved to diagnose, evaluate and integrate the patients’ needs. This will help to develop objectives of care for the patients’ best short-, medium-and long-term outcomes.
