History
1927: the first hospital infant care center for premature infants was established at the Sarah Morris Hospital in Chicago. Shock wards were established during World War II to care for injured soldiers.
1947-1948: the polio epidemic results in a breakthrough in the treatment of patients dying from respiratory paralysis. In Denmark, manual ventilation was accomplished through a tube placed in the trachea of polio patients. Patients with respiratory paralysis and/or suffering from acute circulatory failure required intensive nursing care.
1950s: the development of mechanical ventilation led to the organization of respiratory intensive care units (ICUs) Grouping the patients together provided a more efficient means of caring for critically ill patients of this nature.
1958: Intensive care began in the United States when Dr. W.E. Dandy opens a three-bed unit for postoperative neurosurgical patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
1968: most United States hospitals reported having had at least one Intensive Care Unit. (Intensive Care Medicine ICU)
1970: The SCCM is established at meeting of 29 physicians in Los Angeles, California. Max Harry Weil, MD, FCCM becomes the first president of the Society.
1972: Peter Safar, MD, FCCM becomes second president of Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Safar is credited with pioneering CPR.
1986: the American Board of Medical Specialties approves a certification of special competence in critical care for the four primary boards: anesthesiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgery.
1997: more than 5,000 ICUs were operational across the United States.
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