What is the full form of ICU?


  1. What is the full form of ICU?
  1. The full form of ICU is Intensive Care Unit. ICU is a specialized care department for critical patients, it provides life support and intensive care to patients who are suffering from injury and illness.
    The intensive care unit provides close monitoring to the patient to recover fast and normal their body activity.
    In the hospital, ICU has a team of highly skilled and trained Doctors and nurses who provide critical care treatment to the patients. as compared to other wards of hospital ICU have more number of ICU specialist Nurse. the ratio of nurses in ICU is 1:2

    ICU patients are very venerable to infection because of their low immunity power, due to this in ICU special hygiene condition is maintained to prevent the infection.

    In ICU visiting hour is fixed for the patient attendant, before entering in ICU visitors have to wear sterile gowns and shoe cover, and wash their hands.

    Type of cases admitted in ICU


    Trauma case

    A patient who has a respiratory problem

    Stroke

    Sepsis

    Organ transplant & failure patient

    Post-operative complication case

    Types of ICU


    In Multispeciality hospital ICUs specialize in providing care for particular health conditions or injuries including:

    Coronary care unit

    Neonatal intensive care unit

    Pediatric intensive care unit

    Neurological intensive care unit

    Psychiatric intensive care unit

    Medical equipments in ICU


    ICU is equipped with different medical equipment, some of which are as follows:

    ECG

    Ventilator

    Monitor

    Electrodes

    Dialysis machine

    Syringe Pump

    Infusion Pump

    Suction machine

    Feeding tube

    Defibrillator

    Pacemaker

    Blood warmer

What is the full form of ICU?