Military Soft Skills Applicable to the ICU.

Unlabelled: To describe how soft skills acquired during military service can be applied to the practice of critical care medicine.

Data Sources: A systematic search was performed in PubMed.

Study Selection: We selected all studies that addressed soft skills in medicine.

Use of Helicopter Medical Transportation to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit.

Background: Helicopter medical transportation (HMT) is a valuable resource that can expedite medical care by shortening transferring times. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding its cost and efficacy. No specific studies have addressed its use in patients transferred to the neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU).

Tactical Neurocritical Care.

Neurocritical care is usually practiced in the comfort of an intensive care unit within a tertiary care medical center. Physicians deployed to the frontline with the US military or allied military are required to use their critical care skills and their neurocritical skills in austere environments with limited resources. Due to these factors, tactical critical care and tactical neurocritical care differ significantly from traditional critical care.