The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Massachusetts General Hospital cares for patients with a wide variety of serious medical illnesses from sepsis to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome to multiple organ failure.

Heart Center Intensive Care Unit (HCICU), a 36-bed unit dedicated to the management of cardiothoracic patients including heart transplants, lung transplants, ventricular assist devices and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

The Blake 12 Intensive Care Unit cares for acutely and critically ill surgical, neurological, medical and transplant patients. Surgical, neurological, medical and transplant patients receive around-the-clock care in the 18-bed Blake 12 Intensive Care Unit …

Eric S. Rosenthal, MD is director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, director of the MGH Neurosciences Data Science and AI Center, and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He has a faculty appointment in the MGH Center for Neurotechnology and NeuroRecovery (CNTR).

The MGH MICU is an 18-bed unit staffed by two teams, each with their own fellow. This high-acuity unit cares for the full breadth of critically ill patients and is a referral center for severe ARDS as well as the institutional home for V-V ECMO patients.

Sudden deterioration in an ICU patient with COVID-19 should prompt work-up for cardiac dysfunction. Such a workup should include EKG, high-sensitivity troponin, central venous oxygen saturation (if available), lactate and bedside trans-thoracic echocardiography.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Michael Garron Hospital is designed to meet the needs of critically ill patients who require continuous monitoring and support. We provide evidence-based specialized care to patients through state-of-the-art monitoring systems, critical care technology, and professional expertise.

There are many variables to consider in establishing safe, efficiently staffed hospital units. Patient care units differ based upon the types of patients cared for on a given unit, and the way in which care is organized and delivered there.

The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) cares for critically ill patients recovering from general, thoracic, trauma, vascular, orthopedic, gynecologic and obstetric surgeries. Most patients recuperating immediately after elective or emergency surgery receive around-the-clock care in the 20-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU).

During the first clinical year, fellows develop a strong foundation in critical care knowledge and procedural skills through rotations in the MGH Medical ICU and the Finard ICU at BIDMC. Fellows are also trained in the care of chronically critically ill patients in the Respiratory Acute Care Unit at MGH, which includes mastery of tracheostomy ...