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Education, community, and lived experience for survivors and the people who care for them.
Choose what feels useful today. Some linked stories discuss medical trauma and distress. External resources may have their own fees or eligibility requirements.
Organizations & support
ARDS Alliance
Survivor and family advocacy, education, and community.
Open resource →CIBS Center
The Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center at Vanderbilt.
Open resource →ICUdelirium.org: patients & families
Patient-facing information about delirium and life after critical illness.
Open resource →Vanderbilt ICU Recovery Center
Recovery care and information on virtual survivor support. Contact the center for current programs, including PICS education.
Open resource →Walk4PICS
An awareness movement with walks and survivor resources.
Open resource →HeartSight
Information for people affected by cardiac arrest.
Open resource →Critical Care Support Network
A UK support organization for critical illness survivors and families.
Open resource →Guides & education
PICS overview
CIBS Center
Open resource →PICS pocket card
PDF · Walk4PICS
Open resource →Vanderbilt PICS brochure
PDF · Vanderbilt Health
Open resource →Early mobility
Information about movement during critical care.
Open resource →Every Deep-Drawn Breath
A book by E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH.
Open resource →Clearing the Fog
A book by James C. Jackson, PsyD.
Open resource →Watch & listen
Surviving PICS
Lee Powers · Oxford Talk
Open resource →Understanding PICS: survivors
Webinar · Part 1
Open resource →Understanding PICS: clinicians
Webinar · Part 2
Open resource →The Hidden Struggles of ICU Survivors
Find Empathy podcast
Open resource →The Reality of Post-ICU PTSD
Walking Home From The ICU · Episode 50
Open resource →Survivor & family perspectives
I See U & I Hear U
Michael Paul Patrick’s survival memoirs.
Open resource →Returning to work
A survivor perspective.
Open resource →An ARDS survivor’s diary
Transitioning to reality
Open resource →Faith and community
A family perspective.
Open resource →A co-survivor’s story
PICS-F
Open resource →Speechless
A recovery memoir.
Open resource →On the Other Side of the Rails
Bill Cantrell’s story.
Open resource →Living through delirium
Lou Gallie · BBC
Open resource →Relationships after critical illness
A survivor perspective.
Open resource →Young people and critical illness
A survivor perspective.
Open resource →Financial effects of PICS
A survivor perspective.
Open resource →Walk4PICS newsletters
Issue 7
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 6
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 5
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 4
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 3
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 2
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Issue 1
Stories and updates from the Walk4PICS community.
Open resource →Directory compiled from the Walk4PICS resource collection and the organizations’ own websites. Reviewed September 17, 2026. Links go to individual resources; availability and program schedules may change.