Dr. Michael Marohn, DO

Critical care medicine deals with life support or organ support for patients who are critically ill. A critical care physician diagnoses, treats, and supports patients who may be in an intensive care unit, or who may have multiple organ dysfunction. Patients who receive intensive care treatment are usually critically ill patients who are treated after major surgery and require intensive monitoring. The critical care or intensive care physician may also communicate with the patient’s primary physician, other specialists, and the critical care staff to coordinate treatment and care.

Critical care surgery is surgery on patients in the emergency unit or critical care unit of a hospital. A critical care or trauma surgeon is a physician who performs emergency surgery on patients who are critically ill. The critical care surgeon may also communicate with the patient’s primary physician and other specialists, and the critical care staff to coordinate treatment and care. This surgeon has a comprehensive surgery background, and is knowledgeable in a wide variety of surgical procedures and life-threatening injuries.