The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can be an intimidating and frightening place for patients and families dealing with the most complex and life threatening medical situations. The Adult Critical Care Medicine Division’s goal is to provide the necessary expert and compassionate clinical care for adult surgical patients who require time in the intensive care unit after surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Division is uniquely staffed by anesthesiologists, emergency medicine, and internal medicine physicians. The teams in the intensive care setting are focused on providing 24-hour coordinated and communicative care to patients and their families. To ensure cohesive patient management the intensive care units are “intensivist-led” meaning the critical care attending and team manages all aspects of patient care with the input from specialty surgical services. This model helps ensure that patients and families have coordinated communication and care during what is likely a difficult time for all involved.
