What kind of medical conditions are covered in critical care service?

What kind of medical conditions are covered in critical care service?
May 22 06:25 2019 Print This Article

Critical care is a medical specialty that deals specifically with life threatening health problems and situations.

Conditions where a person would need critical care:

  • Heart attack
  • Stroke
  • Poisoning
  • Pneumonia
  • Surgical complications
  • Trauma from road accidents
  • Burns
  • Allergic reactions

Why is an ICU important for critically ill patients ?

Patients require:

  • Intense support and treatment
  • Constant monitoring
  • Round the clock nursing care
  • Instruments to track parameters
  • Machines to alert team if there is a shift in parameters
  • A team trained to respond to any emergency
  • Doctors on call round the clock.

Some of the machines available in ICU include:-

  • Ventilator- Breathing machine
  • Cardiac or heart monitors- To monitor the electrical activity of the heart.
  • Swan-Ganz catheter- To measure fluid filling the heart, Monitor heart function.
  • Arterial lines- To monitor blood pressure.
  • ECMO- To circulate blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream, Provide heart-lung bypass support.
  • Defibrillator- To revive heartbeat
  • Dialysis machine- To take over the work of damaged kidneys

The ultimate goal of the ICU is to:-

  • Respond to an emergency
  • Stabilize the patient
  • Monitor the patient
  • Transition of patient to regular care

 

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