Intensive care units (ICUs)
What is an intensive care unit (ICU)?
Intensive care refers to the specialized treatment given to patients who are acutely unwell and require critical medical care.
An intensive care unit (ICU) provides critical care and life support for acutely ill and injured patients.
Unless you are an emergency admission, you will need a referral from your doctor or specialist to be admitted to ICU.
Who is cared for in ICU?
Patients may have a planned admission following surgery, an unexpected admission after an accident, or be admitted because of a sudden and critical deterioration of their health.
ICU teams are multi-disciplinary, made up of highly skilled intensive care nurses, doctors, and specialists trained in providing critical care for patients with a variety of medical, surgical, and trauma conditions.
Some hospital ICUs specialize in providing care for particular health conditions or injuries including:
- Patient Cardiac monitor
- Doctor
- Bi-pap Machine
- C-pap Machine
- Nebulizers
- Ventilator
- Ultrasound
- ABG Machine
- Infusion pump
- Syringe pump
- Defibrillator
- TMT Holter
- Temporary Pace maker
- Portable X-ray
- ECG machine
- Suction machine
- Oxygen outlet
- Rbs machine
- Bp machine