The critical care pharmacist (CCP) is essential to the high-quality care of critically ill patients.
CCPs provide dedicated medication expertise at the bedside, drive quality improvement (QI) …

Critical care (CC) pharmacists have been contributing to patient outcomes, team
effectiveness, education, research and quality improvement for approximately 50 years …

Critical Care Pharmacotherapeutics presents information on the fundamentals of critical care
practice from a pharmacist's point of view. This accessible text is an excellent introduction to …

Objective: To review the history, training requirements, contributions to patient care
outcomes, and workforce issues of critical care pharmacists. Data Source and Selection …

Recently, I was asked to give a talk concerning whether critical care pharmacists still needed
to justify their existence. The title for my talk was timely, since the issue was the focus of an …

Medicine (SCCM) as essential team members for the delivery of care for critically ill patients.
1-3 Despite this recognition, a survey conducted in 2004 of 382 US hospitals with an …

Clinical pharmacy services in the critical care setting have expanded dramatically and
include assisting physicians in pharmacotherapy decision making, providing …

The pharmacy profession is rapidly undergoing a change in direction, mission, and focus.
Traditionally, pharmacists have spent most of their professional time preparing and …

Developing patient-centered critical care pharmacist practice models requires thoughtful
assessment of stakeholders, goals, and mechanisms. 1 With rising rates of burnout and …

1854, 1 but the subspecialty of critical care medicine is relatively young. The first US
multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) was established in 1958, and the American Board …