Little more than a decade ago intensive care and palliative care were thought to be mutually exclusive, sequential approaches to critical illness. Today we recognize that from the time of admission to the ICU, all critically ill patients and their families can benefit from palliative care, and palliative care should be provided concurrently with intensive care therapies.

IPAL-ICU™ is a central venue for sharing expertise, evidence and tools, along with links to colleagues, organizations and informational materials. We offer practical resources to assist clinicians across disciplines, as well as ICU and hospital leaders, to integrate palliative care and intensive care successfully.

Implementing this integrated paradigm in day-to-day practice is an important, ongoing challenge. With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), we have created IPAL-ICU™ to help.

Take advantage of guidance from our experts and explore our website. If you have innovative resources you would like to share, please contact us at ipalicu@mssm.edu.