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Intensive Care

Intensive Care


    Intensive care is a healthcare specialty that looks after critical patients with acute, life-threatening illness or injury. Typical examples of critical illness include heart attack, poisoning, pneumonia, surgical complications, premature birth and stroke. Critical care also includes care of the severely injured; whether due to an automobile accident, snake bites, a fall, burns, or an industrial accident.

    Intensive care may be provided anywhere life is threatened i.e. at the scene of an accident, in an ambulance, in a hospital emergency room or in the operating room. Most critical care is delivered in highly specialized intensive care units (ICU). Intensive care is provided by teams of well trained and experienced intensivists, supported by other healthcare professionals that lead to the best outcome for the patient.

    We have 13 bedded ICU and 12 bedded NICU. GMH Intensive care units are of international standards, with ultra modern facilities and infrastructure, led by a team of highly trained intensivists. Our intensivists have expertise and experiences in managing all aspects of critical care medicine.

    Infection Controls

    • Our infection control protocols pertain to a wide spectrum of interventions & have been developed jointly with intensists & anesthetists
    • ICUs – high risk areas for patient where life threatening mistakes & omissions in care can occur
    • Checklist of care should be addressed daily
    • Critically ill patients highly vulnerable to health care associated infection, resulting in significant morbidity & prolonged length of hospital stay
    • Responsibility of every member of the health care team to ensure compliance with hospital and unit infection control policies – like hand-washing before & after examining a patient; use of alcohol hand rubs; use of sterile barriers & disposable gloves; safe disposal of all sharps & patient consumables; & traffic control
    • Bedside Analysis – checklist use has reduced ALOS & improved infection control indices

    Medical Intensive Care (MICU)

    Intensive care for patients with complex and multi-system medical illnesses.
    Patient Population
    Adult
    Diagnoses include:

    • hepatic failure,
    • respiratory diseases,
    • sepsis,
    • renal failure,
    • severe gastrointestinal bleeding,
    • multi-system organ failure and poisoning
    • Average length of stay: 3 to 5 days
    • Number of Beds: 13
    • Nurse/Patient Ratio: 1:2 (can do several 1:1 assignments)
    • Rotation/Shifts : Morning (7 hrs) and Evening (8 hrs) and Night (9hrs) Shifts

     

    Orientation:

    • Individually planned by clinical nurse specialists, nurse manager and preceptor 10 to 12 weeks for experienced nurses.
    • Intensive Care Unit at Giffard Memorial Hospital cares for critically ill general surgery and trauma patients who have undergone complex surgical procedures.

     
    Patient Population

    • Ages 16 and up Conditions include Level 1 trauma, vascular and general surgery
    • Average length of stay: 2 days
    • Number of Beds: 13
    • Nurse / Patient Ratio: 1:1-2
    • Rotation / Shifts:     Morning (7 hrs) and Evening (8 hrs) and Night (9hrs) Shifts

     
    Skill Mix

    • Predominantly RN

     
    Orientation

    • Experienced ICU nurses: 10 to12 weeks
    • Med-surg-prepared nurses: 14 to18 weeks
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