The treatment of the critically ill and injured patients in separate intensive care units has created a great need for a large number of paramedical specialists and technicians of various categories. These include: respiratory therapists and technicians, physical therapists, radiology technologists, laboratory technicians, biomedical equipment technicians, social workers, unit managers, bacteriologists and bacteriology technicians, physiologists, computer scientists, programmers, computer technicians and emergency medical technicians. They can uniquely and significantly contribute to the improvement of the intensive care as well as to the reduction of mortality and long term invalidity. With today's rapid development of new therapeutic methods, including on-line computerized monitoring, use of artificial organs and extracorporeal circulation, one must anticipate that the number of both new and conventional types of paramedical specialists in intensive care facilities will continue to increase.