* MILLIONS of Former ICU Patients Will Experience PICS in 2020, Unless Something Changes, Every Year Moving Forward?
40%
Will Experience Depression
40%
60%
Will Have Cognitive Deficits, Like a Traumatic Brain Injury
Will Experience Anxiety
25%
Will Have Cognitive Deficits, Like Mild Dementia
* The following percentages represent a conservative estimate as found in a cross-section of PICS research. Many researchers place much higher percentages on these symptoms & medical conditions.
Our Mission is to Build a Large Community of PostICU Members. As a Group, We Hope to Improve the Above Listed Percentages.
In addition to providing educational tools to former ICU patients, their caregivers & families, the medical community, and the public, PostICU believes that its role in the process of addressing the PICS major health crisis is to recruit as many members to join our 501(c)3 nonprofit agency.
With the support of a large membership, we will be positioned to approach decision-makers at critical care organizations, hospitals, and health insurance companies. We'd like a seat at the table, so that we can offer commonsense solutions to this complex medical problem.
DO YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAVE PICS
HOW YOU CAN HELP?
JOIN POSTICU
Adding your voice heard to the conversation is the best way for us to get those discussions started. We need as many members as possible to stand with us by joining PostICU.
In addition to adding your voice, there are many other ways that we hope our members will participate in PostICU, Inc.'s mission:
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Be an active participant and work on a project of your choice.
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Be a passive PostICU, Inc member, receive our newsletter, and join our Members Only Forum to read about and discuss PICS news and information.
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Donate to PostICU, Inc., contributions go towards "getting the word out," about PICS, through a variety of planned outreach methods.
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RECRUIT OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO JOIN POSTICU, INC,
ASK OUR RENOWNED PICS EXPERTS A QUESTION
Ask one of our highly regarded experts in the field of critical care medicine any question about a PICS related topic. Questions are answered once a month. If your question is selected, we'll send you an email.
Dr. Gerard Weinhouse
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Harvard Medical School
Instructor
American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certification, Critical Care Medicine, 1995
Dr. Daniela Lamas
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Critical Care Physician
Pulmonary Critical Care
Harvard Medical School
Instructor
American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certification, Critical Care Medicine, 2015
