Key Websites

The Patients and Family section of SCCM.org provides resources about treatment in an intensive care unit for patients and their families.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine publishes the website and prepares its content.

The Patients and Family section consists of Critical Care FAQs; Meet the Critical Care Team; and information about a Patient Communicator App (for communication with patients who cannot speak or who speak languages other than English).

Reviewed October 2025