DEPARTMENT OF CRITICAL CARE
DEPARTMENT OF
CRITICAL CARE
Intensive care unit is broadly defined as a service for patients who have potentially recoverable conditions, and who can benefit from more detailed observation and invasive treatment that can be provided safely than in an ordinary ward or high-dependency area. It is usually reserved for patients with life-threatening or established organ failure, often arising as a result or complication of an acute illness or trauma, or as a predictable phase in a planned treatment program. Critical care represents the highest level of continuing patient care and treatment.
Intensive care unit is broadly defined as a service for patients who have potentially recoverable conditions, and who can benefit from more detailed observation and invasive treatment that can be provided safely than in an ordinary ward or high-dependency area. It is usually reserved for patients with life-threatening or established organ failure, often arising as a result or complication of an acute illness or trauma, or as a predictable phase in a planned treatment program. Critical care represents the highest level of continuing patient care and treatment.
- Manage Internal Medicine Cases like Sepsis, Viral Fever, Malaria, Dengue, Typhoid, and Bacterial Infections.
- Manage Snake Bites, Poisoning, Burn management, Diabetic Keto Acidosis, Hypertensive Emergencies, Gastroenteritis, Hematemesis – GI Bleed & all Respiratory Emergencies (Bronchial Asthma, COPD, Pneumonia).
- Deals with
- Cerebrovascular accidents
- Neuro Infections
- Seizure Disorders
- Strokes
- G B Syndrome
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Acute Abdomen
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Appendicitis, Ischaemic Bowel
- Disease Cholelithiasis
- Obstructed Hernias
- Blunt Injury to Abdomen
- Deal with Obstetrics & Gynaecology Includes Post-partum Emergency Handling, Eclampsia
- Manage Post Cathlab patients, Cardiac patients and Post Cardiac surgery Patients, Surgical patients, Emergency patients, Trauma patients, Post Surgical patients, Neurological &Nuero Surgical patients
- Full haemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, CVVH and renal support, bronchoscopy, therapy with vasoactive agents, percutaneous tracheostomy, monitoring of ICP, observation of patients receiving epidural anesthesia and analgesia, monitoring of ABG’s and other essential monitoring and therapeutic parameters.
- Provide Emergency and consultative Critical Care services to all adult inpatients through the functions of the Critical Care Response Team. (CCRT)
- Participation as an essential member of the (Code Blue) CPR team and act as CPR team leader for cases occurring in regular hospital wards.
- Respond and participate in the clinical activities of the hospital trauma team and major disaster calls.
- Responsible for ambulance transport of critically ill adult patients.
Common Diseases and conditions handled by the department:
- Manage Internal Medicine Cases like Sepsis, Viral Fever, Malaria, Dengue, Typhoid, and Bacterial Infections.
- Manage Snake Bites, Poisoning, Burn management, Diabetic Keto Acidosis, Hypertensive Emergencies, Gastroenteritis, Hematemesis – GI Bleed & all Respiratory Emergencies (Bronchial Asthma, COPD, Pneumonia).
- Deals with
- Cerebrovascular accidents
- Neuro Infections
- Seizure Disorders
- Strokes
- G B Syndrome
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Acute Abdomen
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Appendicitis, Ischaemic Bowel
- Disease Cholelithiasis
- Obstructed Hernias
- Blunt Injury to Abdomen
- Deal with Obstetrics & Gynaecology Includes Post-partum Emergency Handling, Eclampsia
- Manage Post Cathlab patients, Cardiac patients and Post Cardiac surgery Patients, Surgical patients, Emergency patients, Trauma patients, Post Surgical patients, Neurological &Nuero Surgical patients
- Full haemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, CVVH and renal support, bronchoscopy, therapy with vasoactive agents, percutaneous tracheostomy, monitoring of ICP, observation of patients receiving epidural anesthesia and analgesia, monitoring of ABG’s and other essential monitoring and therapeutic parameters.
- Provide Emergency and consultative Critical Care services to all adult inpatients through the functions of the Critical Care Response Team. (CCRT)
- Participation as an essential member of the (Code Blue) CPR team and act as CPR team leader for cases occurring in regular hospital wards.
- Respond and participate in the clinical activities of the hospital trauma team and major disaster calls.
- Responsible for ambulance transport of critically ill adult patients.