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Two Navy doctors wearing personal protective equipment care for a patient in ICU.

Patient Care

Navy Lt. Paul Cusmano, a pulmonary-critical care fellow, left, and Navy Lt. Youngmi Kim, an internal medicine resident, right, both assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's intensive care unit, place a central line into a patient in the hospital's ICU in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020. NMCSD's ICU specializes in treatment given to patients who are acutely unwell and require critical medical care. The COVID-19) pandemic has changed the way many facets of health care are conducted, and NMCSD's ICU has adapted some of their techniques and practices to keep both staff and patients safe while delivering the high quality health care they’ve come to expect. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality health care services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research.

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