Emergency and Critical Care
Emergency and Critical Care
Emergency and Critical Care is an important part of KVT Hospitals. KVT Hospitals has a separate department for Emergency and Critical Care and works 24X7 to attend to emergency patients. Emergency and Critical Care Patients are given top priority access to all facilities of KVT Hospitals. The following steps are followed in Emergency and Critical Care cases.
- First step: Determine the severity of the patient's condition. On a priority basis, medical history of the patient is understood and brief examination of the symptoms is assessed.
- Second Step: Diagnostic testing is done based on the assessment and required data is collected to finalize diagnosis.
- Third Step: Treatment is started based on reports and evaluations.
- Fourth Step: Continuous monitoring of the patient is performed until the patient is assessed as stable condition.
Types of Emergency Care
Types of Emergency
The following are the common reasons for patients to be hospitalized in emergency care are,
- Accident
- Decreased Consciousness
- Respiratory Failure
- Cardiac Emergencies
- Bleeding Issues
- Sepsis (Severe Infection)
- Kidney Failure
Doctors in Emergency Care
Doctors in Emergency and Critical Care are experts in Emergency Management and handle patients with extreme care. They are experienced in handling patient crisis situations with updated knowledge, procedural skills and excellent assessment skills. They decide on the severity of the condition of the patient and also decide on the diagnostic tests that need to be done to make the assessment accurate. They decide on the procedure to be performed to improve the patient health condition on a quick recovery basis.
Nursing Care of Emergency Patient
Emergency and Critical Care nursing has a wide variety of responsibilities as many actions need to be performed in a fast and correct manner. The responsibilities of the Emergency and Critical Care nurse are,
- Taking Vital Signs of the Patient
- Monitoring Patients
- Providing IV and Medicine
- Logging Patient Information
- Patient Support & Care