intensive care

noun

1. the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.

intensive care

noun

1. extensive and continuous care and treatment provided for an acutely ill patient, usually in a specially designated section ( intensive care unit ) of a hospital

Word History and Origins

Origin of intensive care¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

But it is in fact an email a 40-year-old Dr Matt Morgan wrote to his wife, scared he would not survive the coronavirus pandemic on the intensive care ward at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

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Over the next month some hospitals do come under severe pressure with intensive care units spilling into corridors and side rooms.

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A nurse took me to the intensive care ward.

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The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a news conference, adding that one man who survived the accident had been admitted to an intensive care unit in a local hospital.

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AKI can occur after major stressors such as sepsis or heart surgery, and more than half of all intensive care patients experience it.

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