Some people have heard of the ICU but don’t fully understand what goes on in an intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about these specialty hospital wards that help treat severe cases and provide ...

The SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Critical Care Medicine fellowship program offers a one or two-year A.C.G.M.E.-accredited critical care fellowship to graduates of approved ...

The Saint Louis University Division of Pediatric Critical Care provides state-of-the-art medical management for critically ill children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at SSM Health ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Trauma surgeons (also called critical care and acute care surgeons) specialize in performing emergency surgeries on people who’ve had a critical injury or illness. Trauma surgery requires extensive ...

Lullaby Hour brings professional musicians into NICUs, using gentle live music to support sick newborns, reduce stress, and ...

As COVID-19 patients began to flood New York’s hospitals in March, numerous medical treatments – some lifesaving – were upended. Cancer patients have had important surgeries postponed, kidney dialysis ...

More than two months after he was thrown from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America, 5-year-old Landen Hoffman remains in intensive care and is still under “constant treatment and ...

In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have postponed treatments and surgeries for people with other serious conditions. By Reed Abelson In chronic pain, Mary O’Donnell can’t get ...

In our comprehensive fellowship program, you will receive a broad range of hands-on clinical experience and individualized instruction from nationally-known physicians and investigators in a collegial ...