A critical condition is one where a patient could still die. In a critical condition, remains in a critical condition.
It is a term hospitals use publicly and means unstable rather than merely serious. A patient in a critical condition is being watched constantly rather than checked hourly.
1nouncritical conditionA state where a patient could still die.
“Two of them were still in a critical condition the next morning.”
critical condition is a state.
Practised in Emergency & Rescue