Critical care is a branch of medical care that covers the treatment of all aspects of patients who are critically ill and injured. Under critical care, also known as emergency care, doctors deliver intensive levels of medical care and treatment. 

A critical care patient requires immediate and continuous monitoring, so as to improve the chances of their survival and recovery. Critical care specialists are doctors who perform deep investigation and diagnosis of a patient’s condition, and then provide the best suitable treatment for acute illnesses. 

ICU’s are special hospital wards for providing emergency intensive care medicine and aid to people who are critically ill, seriously injured or someone who requires surgery due to a medical condition. 

A critical care medicine specialist is adept to consider every aspect of a patient’s physiological condition, including internal and external organs, and other vital systems that form the basis of a healthy body, such as endotracheal intubation, arterial cannulation, mechanical ventilation. 

Typically, an ICU specialist or critical care medical practitioner will assess, monitor and review patients to provide – emergency medicine, paediatric medicine, neuro intensive care, respiratory medicine, renal medicine and pre/post surgical care.