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The Critical Care Medicine Department provides
medical, cardiac, and surgical intensive care unit services for adult
and pediatric patients enrolled in intramural NIH research protocols.
The department provides central vascular access, bronchoscopic and
both pediatric and adult conscious sedation support for patients at
the Clinical Center. In addition to patient services, the physician,
nursing and critical care therapist groups comprising the department
are actively involved in both basic and clinical research and in education
in the field of critical care medicine.
The department is recognized both nationally and internationally as
a leader in research and education in the field of critical care medicine.
The department's mission is to provide exceptional medical care for
Clinical Center patients requiring critical care services, to improve
both the understanding and management of critical disease processes,
and to recruit, maintain, and train a highly qualified staff of health
care professionals devoted to the care of the critically ill. |
