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### [What Is an Intensivist? The 2024 Consensus Statement](/blog/what-is-an-intensivist-the-2024-consensus-statement)
A Society of Critical Care Medicine task force recently reviewed the 1992 intensivist definition guidelines in order to craft a new definition of an intensivist relevant to the current realm of team-b...
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### [Respiratory Therapists in Critical Care](/blog/respiratory-therapists-in-critical-care)
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are indispensable members of critical care teams. As healthcare delivery becomes more complex, retaining skilled RTs in these high-stress environments has become a pressin...
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### [Preparing Future Critical Care Clinicians Through MCCKAP](/blog/preparing-future-critical-care-clinicians-through-mcckap)
Critical care trainees begin preparing for board examinations from the moment they start their training program. The Multidisciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment Program (MCCKAP) offers a uniq...
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### [Fundamental Critical Care Support](/Education-Center/Educational-Programming/Fundamentals/Fundamental-Critical-Care-Support)
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### [Critical Care Ultrasound](/Education-Center/Educational-Programming/Critical-Care-Ultrasound)
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A central component of the Society's mission is the support of quality-based improvement initiatives and resources to support the multiprofessional critical care team.
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### [ICU Liberation](/Clinical-Resources/ICULiberation-Home)
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### [A Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU](/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/focused-update-padis-guideline)
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### [Guidelines on Adult Critical Care Ultrasonography: Focused Update 2024](/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/guidelines-on-adult-critical-care-ultrasonography-focused-update-2024)
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### [Guidelines on Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs: 2024](/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/guidelines-on-family-centered-care-for-adult-icus-2024)
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SCCM Journals
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SCCM’s premier peer-reviewed journals provide articles to help readers stay ahead of the latest advances in critical care technology and research as new and innovative findings continually improve the practice of critical care. SCCM’s Professional and Select members receive [_Critical Care Medicine_](/Research/Journals/Critical-Care-Medicine) as part of their benefits, and members of the Pediatrics Section receive [_Pediatric Critical Care Medicine_](/Research/Journals/Pediatric-Critical-Care-Medicine). SCCM also publishes the open access journal [_Critical Care Explorations_](/Research/Journals/Critical-Care-Explorations).
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### [Critical Care Medicine](/Research/Journals/Critical-Care-Medicine)
_Critical Care Medicine_ covers all aspects of acute and emergency care for the critically ill or injured patient, including the latest news on clinical breakthroughs and promising research.
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### [Pediatric Critical Care Medicine](/Research/Journals/Pediatric-Critical-Care-Medicine)
As the official pediatric publication of SCCM and WFPICCS, _Pediatric Critical Care Medicine_ is devoted to pediatric and neonatal intensive care medicine.
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### [Critical Care Explorations](/Research/Journals/Critical-Care-Explorations)
_Critical Care Explorations_ is a rapid-publication, open-access journal that publishes exploratory and timely studies.
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