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Uninformed Consent, Unshared Decision-Making in the ICU

Imagine yourself the son or daughter of a grievously-ill octogenarian. Your mom or dad suffered a catastrophic event and has been in an ICU, barely conscious, for two weeks. You understand organs are shutting down, but you struggle to understand the medical jargon or the purpose of tubes and machines attached to every orifice. You and your family have kept a steadfast vigil at the hospital, and today the doctors called a meeting to talk with the family.

The family is desperate to understand what is happening and learn what lies ahead. The doctor needs the family to authorize a treatment plan. Will you learn how close your loved one is to death? Will the doctor learn their end-of-life…

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Society of Critical Care Medicine

The Society of Critical Care Medicine envisions a world in which all critically ill and injured persons receive care from a present integrated team of dedicated trained intensivists and critical care specialists. Multi-professional teams use knowledge, technology and compassion to provide timely, effective, safe, efficient, and equitable patient-centered care.

World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) was established in 1977 and is a membership organization comprised of National Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. The principle objective of the World Federation is to promote the highest standards of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine for all mankind, without discrimination.

College of Intensive Care Medicine

The College of Intensive Care Medicine is the peak body for intensive care medicine specialist training and education in Australia and New Zealand.

Paediatric Intensive Care Society

The Society was founded in 1987 as a multidisciplinary forum for those involved and interested in paediatric intensive care, with the following aims: -To promote training and education, with the aim of stimulating research and promoting collaborative studies. -To provide a forum for discussion -To provide specialist advice -To collect information through the council of the society -To provide a focus for paediatric intensive care in the UK

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, PCICS, was formed to provide an optimum forum to promote excellence in pediatric cardiac critical care medicine. The Society seeks international participation by healthcare professionals dedicated to acquiring knowledge and improving practice for our critically ill patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.

Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery Conference

This annual Las Vegas Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery Conference has become the best attended such course in the world. Word of mouth endorsements have led to this course being oversubscribed the last 12 years, and of the more than 1300 attendees, over 80% are physicians. Our faculty are physicians in active practice who continue "in the trenches" day after day, night after night, dealing with the most complex surgical challenges.

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

AACN is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, representing the interests of more than 500,000 nurses who are charged with the responsibility of caring for acutely and critically ill patients. The association is dedicated to providing our members with the knowledge and resources necessary to provide optimal care to critically ill patients.

American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care is a veterinary specialty that could save your pet’s life! If your pet should become injured or suddenly develop an acute, life threatening disease, he or she will need prompt emergency care.

Canadian Critical Care Society

The Canadian Critical Care Society is the National Specialty Society, representing Adult and Paediatric Critical Care Medicine physicians in Canada. The practice of Critical Care Medicine in Canada is multidisciplinary and CCCS members hold base specialty certification in anaesthesia, medicine, paediatrics, emergency medicine or surgery and some surgical subspecialties such as cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is an Association of individual persons. The ESICM was founded in March 1982 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a non-profit making international association.

European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care

ESPNIC is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and advancing the art and science of paediatric and neonatal intensive care. In this endeavour, the society is dedicated to developing the evidence base which informs clinical practice and to meeting the needs of members, giving them a voice within the European and international context.

International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is organized by the Departments of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine of Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in association with the Belgian Society of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (SIZ). The meeting is held every year in March. Started in 1980, this meeting has become established as one of the largest in its field, now attracting more than 6200 participants from countries worldwide.