Foundation objectives & Mission statement
Purpose and mission statement of the Swiss Intensive Care Medicine Foundation
Foundation objectives
The Swiss Intensive Care Medicine Foundation is a non-profit organisation and is committed to high-quality intensive care treatment in the interests of patients. It promotes work to educate the public about intensive care subjects and to inform and advise those concerned (patients and families) on questions concerning intensive care treatment. In addition, it supports and rewards research and development projects in the field of patient-centred intensive care medicine in Switzerland.
Mission statement
The Swiss Intensive Care Medicine Foundation is committed to ensuring that
- the general public is aware of the importance of intensive care medical treatment.
- intensive care medical treatment is employed responsibly in accordance with patients’ wishes.
- life following intensive care medical treatment remains worth living for the patients concerned.