ICU patients
Intensive care recipients
ICU patients are people receiving care in an intensive care unit—the hospital ward for critically ill patients requiring constant monitoring and life support.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts and health reporting: ICU patients with COVID-19 often needed ventilators.
The phrase treats location as a defining characteristic, distinguishing these patients from those in general wards.
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
- monitorsTracks or displays
- beepingEmitting short tones
code blue · sedated · medically induced · intubated · nurses · bedside manner · round the clock · life support · coma · next of kin · visiting hours · vital signs · crash cart · do not resuscitate · sterile · gown · machines · IV drip