Critical: Stories on the Edge of Life and Death

What’s the most dramatic department in a hospital? Intensive care. Its team of doctors cares for the most critically ill patients around the clock, giving them an invaluable resource—time.

In the book, author Matt Morgan, an ICU doctor, invites us into the world of intensive care and offers to meet the patients he treats every day. You’ll learn about the special features of the work of this department—its sounds and smells.

Explore the body’s main organ systems, and also discover how a person can live without a pulse and what happens when the brainstem dies. The author shares with us the victories and setbacks faced by patients, their families, and medical professionals while fighting deadly dangerous injuries, diseases, and their complications.