Specialties

Conditions critical care physicians treat

• Dangerous electrolyte imbalance (244 cities)
• Hemorrhagic stroke (779 cities)
• Ruptured Brain Aneurysm (195 cities)
• Spinal Cord Injury (3,289 cities)
• Sudden Muscle Weakness Crisis (195 cities)
• Brain Swelling (408 cities)
• Fainting and syncope (678 cities)
• ICU Delirium and Confusion (195 cities)
• Ischemic stroke (701 cities)
• Status epilepticus (694 cities)
• Traumatic brain injury (3,289 cities)
• Collapsed lung (987 cities)
• Respiratory failure (921 cities)
• Severe asthma attack (606 cities)
• Severe Blood Clot in Lung (195 cities)
• Severe Pneumonia (913 cities)
• Severe internal bleeding (244 cities)
• Heat stroke (296 cities)
• Smoke Inhalation (296 cities)
• Cardiac Arrest (315 cities)
• Shock (373 cities)
• Torn Aorta (393 cities)
• Dangerous high blood pressure (195 cities)
• Sudden Heart Muscle Weakness (355 cities)
• Sepsis or blood infection (406 cities)
• Severe Allergic Shock (356 cities)
• Flesh-Eating Infection (910 cities)
• Meningitis (567 cities)
• Broken ribs (305 cities)
• Serious car crash injuries in child (244 cities)
• Critical COVID Complications (195 cities)
• Fluid in the Lungs (195 cities)
• Severe Skin Peeling Reaction (244 cities)
• Dangerous high blood sugar (401 cities)
• High Acid in Blood (195 cities)
• Crush Injury (296 cities)
• Acute kidney injury (526 cities)
• Multiple Organ Failure (244 cities)
• Severe Pancreatitis (195 cities)
• Sudden Liver Failure (244 cities)
• Seizures During Pregnancy (228 cities)
• Post-ICU Weakness (195 cities)
• Alcohol withdrawal (195 cities)
• Drug overdose or poisoning (239 cities)
• Hypothermia and frostbite (239 cities)
• Severe Burns (239 cities)

Procedures & services critical care physicians offer

• Airway Scope and Suctioning (195 cities)
• Breathing machine management (617 cities)
• Chest tube insertion (648 cities)
• Emergency intubation (337 cities)
• Tracheostomy (195 cities)
• Emergency surgical airway (244 cities)
• Skull Bone Removal For Pressure Relief (394 cities)
• BiPAP therapy (938 cities)
• Breathing tube removal (195 cities)
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy (244 cities)
• Oxygen therapy (624 cities)
• Family ICU Consultation and Goals of Care (195 cities)
• Post-ICU Recovery Care (195 cities)
• Urgent upper endoscopy (195 cities)
• Emergency Chest Opening for Trauma (195 cities)
• Draining lung fluid (1,037 cities)
• Paracentesis (1,143 cities)
• Heart Fluid Drainage (Pericardiocentesis) (678 cities)
• Intra-aortic balloon pump placement (553 cities)
• Bedsore and Wound Dressing (195 cities)
• Early ICU Physical Rehab (195 cities)
• Blood Gas Testing (195 cities)
• Cardioversion for rapid heartbeat (273 cities)
• CPR and defibrillation (239 cities)
• ECMO (Heart-Lung Machine) (259 cities)
• Stomach Positioning for Lung Failure (195 cities)
• Targeted Body Cooling (244 cities)
• Temporary Pacemaker Placement (195 cities)
• Ventilator Support (244 cities)
• Emergency Clot-Busting Medication (195 cities)
• Emergency Blood Transfusion (195 cities)
• ICU Sedation and Pain Relief (195 cities)
• IV Blood Pressure Support (Pressors) (195 cities)
• Bladder and Belly Pressure Check (244 cities)
• Brain Blood Flow Ultrasound (195 cities)
• Brain Pressure Monitor Placement (394 cities)
• Continuous Brain Wave Monitoring (244 cities)
• Emergency ultrasound (195 cities)
• Heart Pressure Catheter Monitoring (195 cities)
• Lumbar puncture (1,049 cities)
• Feeding tube placement (1,090 cities)
• IV Nutrition For Preemies (195 cities)
• Continuous Dialysis in the ICU (526 cities)
• Plasmapheresis (1,136 cities)
• Arterial catheter placement (294 cities)
• Central line placement (781 cities)

Where to find critical care physicians

Every city with at least one critical care physician has its own page; the state pages list them all.