This document discusses the management of critically ill COVID patients in the ICU. It defines critical illness as patients admitted to the ICU. It notes that COVID patients treated in the Ampang Hospital ICU had high severity scores (SAPS II of 43.7 and SOFA of 7.4) and mortality rates of 34.1-43.5%. The document outlines guidelines for managing COVID-19 induced ARDS, including protective lung strategies using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, ventilator strategies like APRV and ECMO, and supportive strategies like prone positioning, sedation, and conservative fluid therapy. Close monitoring of oxygenation, ventilation, hemodynamics, and hydration is emphasized.