Direct care services may include, but are not limited to, obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider. At The Queens Medical Center’s ICUs, our highly skilled medical teams provide complex care for patients in the following fields: pulmonary and cardiac disease, surgery and trauma, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, ECMO, and transplant.