Rehabilitation & PICS

Mission

We are a multidisciplinary and interprofessional section. The mission of the Rehabilitation & PICS Section is to improve recovery and long-term outcomes for patients and families affected by critical illness. We concentrate on the entire process from ICU admission to long-term follow-up, with a focus on early rehabilitation, neuromuscular and cognitive recovery, functional outcomes, psychosocial health, and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in patients and families (PICS-F).
We aim to promote high-quality collaborative research, support evidence-based rehabilitation models, strengthen multidisciplinary and interprofessional education, and foster innovation in follow-up care and survivorship support – working closely with other ESICM Sections and the N-AHP and NEXT committees.

Engagement & Collaboration

We are diverse and inclusive, integrating early-career professionals and a broad range of disciplines (intensivists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech-language therapists, and other rehabilitation professionals).

Board

Position	Firstname	Lastname	City	Country
Chair	Stefan	Schaller	Vienna	Austria
Research Committee Representative	Björn	Weiss	Berlin	Germany
Social Media and Digital Content Committee Representative	David	McWilliams	Coventry	United Kingdom
Academy Sub-Committee Representative	Cheryl Elizabeth	Hickmann Opazo	Brussels	Belgium