Critical Care
The Department of Critical Care Medicine provides 24 X 7 comprehensive solution for all patients who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. The department functions as a full fledged multi disciplinary ICU. The unit is equipped to handle any form of medical need that require multiple life support devices and standard treatment protocols.
Our dedicated team of well trained and qualified healthcare professionals work together to provide inter- disciplinary medical care based on an optimal, affordable and evidence-based approach. The unit provides round the clock coverage of highly qualified and trained Intensivists/Critical Care physicians. They are capable of providing advanced life saving treatments to all type of critically ill patients. They associate with all the super speciality doctors and ensure that world class treatment is being provided to the patients. They are assisted by Junior resident doctors for ensuring continuous care. Hence a well coordinated care by doctors is made available to the critically ill patients. Highest standard of care is offered in other aspects of critical care. Nursing care is provided by qualified nurses with experience in ICU care and BLS/ACLS certification. Nurse patient ratio is tailored to achieve 1:1 ratio for the most critically ill patients. Services of physiotherapy, nutrition, infection control, biomedical and clinical pharmacy departments are available round the clock in the ICU. Thus it achieves highest level of supportive care for the patients. In short, the department of Critical Care Medicine make sure that all critically ill patients are been provided with the best level of care round the clock , as one of the best and most affordable facility in the region.
Our Departments
- A 12 bedded ICU for adult patients
- Individual cubicles(200 to 250 sq ft) considering patient privacy and preventing cross infection
- Centralized monitoring system
- PACS- (picture archiving and communication system) for storage and access to images from multiple modalities.
- Counselling rooms
- In-house blood bank, pharmacy and canteen services 24 × 7
- In-house CT scan and MRI facilities 24 X 7
- Advanced non invasive ventilators
- Advanced mechanical ventilators
- Facility for end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring
- High flow nasal oxygen
- Advanced haemodynamic monitoring with ultrasound
- Pressure redistribution mattress beds to prevent bedsores.
- Intermittent pneumatic compression pumps for DVT prophylaxis
- Bedside flexible bronchoscopy
- Bedisde Renal Replacment Therapy – Haemodialysis & SLED
- Bedside Ultrasound and echocardiography in the ICU 24 × 7
- Bedside ABG machine with co¬oximetry and advanced parameters
- Bedside Endoscopy/colonoscopy
- Round the clock endoscopy/colonoscopy
- Portable X ray
- Therapeutic hypothermia
- 24 hour trained intensivist coverage
- Round the clock coverage to all super-specialties of medicine and surgery
- 1:1 critical care nurse ratio for sick and ventilated patients
- ACLS certified Nurses and duty doctors
- Clinical Microbiology support with facility for fungal identification
- Availability of Respiratory therapist, ICU Physiotherapist, Dietitian
- Patient Counsellor to clarify potential misperceptions, enhancing communication among patients, their families and the medical team
- Morning & evening detailed bedside briefing about the medical status of the patients by Intensivist/Critical Care Physicians.
- Comprehensive multidisciplinary care
- Severe community and hospital acquired infections
- Sepsis with shock and MODS
- Diabeteic Ketoacidosis
- Trauma – Road Traffic accidents, Fall from height, Drowning
- Cardiac critical illness – Cardiac arrest, Acute MI, Decompenstaed herat failure, Pulmonary Embolism, Arrhythmias, Cardiogenic shock
- Respiratory Critical illness – Acute Respiratory failure, ARDS, Pneumothorax, Massive Hemoptysis
- Neurology Critical illness – Stroke, Seizures, Intracranial bleed, Coma, Head injury