Intensive Care Unit - ICU
Intensive Care Unit - ICU
Intensive Care is provided to patients with serious health conditions and may become life threatening. There could be several reasons for providing Intensive care to patients. In KVT Hospitals, there are two ways a patient is moved to ICU. Patients are typically admitted into Emergency Care where the diagnosis by doctors is to move the patient to ICU. Another way is, Patient is moved from Surgery to ICU and this is to monitor the patient on a Continuous basis until the patient is stabilized and could be moved to normal ward.
Doctors in Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Unit has highly experienced and specialized doctors who would assess the health condition and interpret the reports to finalize the treatment for the patient. KVT hospitals Multi specialty doctors handle different health conditions in a specialized manner to bring stability in the patient’s health condition.
Nurses in Intensive Care Unit
ICU has experienced and highly skilled nurses to handle the health condition of the patient. ICU nurses have different skill set from general nurses and can support doctors in critical situations with extensive support. KVT Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is fully equipped with latest technology equipments to assess the health condition on a continuous basis.
- Taking Vital Signs of the Patient
- Monitoring Patients
- Providing IV and Medicine
- Logging Patient Information
- Patient Support & Care
Intensive Care Unit - FAQ
ICU Stands for Intensive Care Unit. Specialized Doctors, skilled nurses monitor the patients in ICU. It has highly advanced equipments and is used to monitor patients in ICU.
Intensive Care is provided to patients with serious health conditions and may become life threatening.
If a patient is in ICU, it means that they need continuous monitoring and health condition needs to be stabilized.
Patients who are seriously injured, or having serious health condition or who has gone through a surgery who should be monitored continuously gets admitted to ICU.
There would be complete range of health monitoring and assisting equipments in ICU. Typically, oxygen lines with masks, monitoring equipments, IV pumps, ventilators, feeding tubes, mobile x-ray units, catheters, dialysis machines and ECMO machines.
ICU provides 24 hours care to patients with serious health conditions. They are monitored continuously and with best possible health care, patient’s health conditions are stabilized. Once, the patient condition is stable, they are moved to normal ward.