Value and development of critical care rehabilitation

The development model of modern medicine has gradually changed from "the science of treating diseases" to "the science of maintaining health". It emphasizes the important role of physical function, activity of daily living and social participation in disease treatment. For critical care patients, early rehabilitation intervention can promote the recovery of physical function, and help them return to family and society as soon as possible. Therefore, strengthening the early clinical rehabilitation of patients with critical, severe and complex diseases is an important direction for the development of rehabilitation medicine. Critical care rehabilitation should combine tightly with other clinical disciplines to achieve "composition" rather than just "time continuation". The development of new technologies in critical care rehabilitation engineering, the formation of the three-level rehabilitation network of critical care rehabilitation ward to general rehabilitation ward to community rehabilitation, the improvement on the knowledge and skills of rehabilitation professionals, as well as the establishment of a new medical management model all could promote the development of critical care rehabilitation.