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Intensive Care Unit at DR L H Hiranandani Hospital provides highest standard of Clinical Skills and Nursing care across multiple specialties and illnesses with World class ICU infrastructure and advanced amenities under one roof. We strive to constantly upgrade ourselves and in this endeavour have been successful to develop a state of the art, comprehensive, personalized, patient centric, multidisciplinary Intensive Care department with Sound Clinical acumen at the core of patient care. Our strategy to face critical challenges includes a team based approach consisting of Intensivists, Multispecialty doctors, Nutritionists, Physiotherapists, Pharmacologists complemented by excellent Diagnostic Facilities. Improved Outcomes have been achieved through quality initiatives like Goal based Interventions, stringent protocols, Quality Control measures and evidenced based medicine.
Our 28 - bedded fully functional & modern Intensive Care Units are at par with the best in the world. Quality drives us at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital. Apart from all regular ICU facilities highly advanced Services include
As per our Hospital mission we strive to be the preferred choice for healing and good health by ensuring patient safety and providing health care consistent with clinical, cultural and ethical standards and with a personal touch.
Critical care has emerged as a very important subspecialty, with people living longer and new illnesses emerging. These illnesses are more complex and difficult to treat, and hence the need for dedicated centers with advanced facilities and personnel who excel in this field. The Critical Care Department is a centre of excellence.
Our 28 bedded fully functional & modern Intensive Care Units are at par with the best in the world. Quality drives us at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital.
All hospital rooms are linked to central monitors in ICU, so that any patient in the hospital can be monitored from the nurse station and also the critical care unit.
ICU is located on the second floor and third floors. They are adjacent to the Operation Theatres. There are 28 beds here, spread over 12,000 square feet. The facility has spacious cubicles which can be converted into private areas by drawing curtains. Each bed has a high end, upgradable electronic patient monitoring system. There are also high end life support ventilators available for each bed. All monitors are linked to the central monitor and also there is a nurse call arrangement at every bed.
Each ICU has a clean air concept with two stage air filtration to provide clean air. There are separate rooms to cater for the immuno-compromised patients. The full time Intensivist with a multidisciplinary team of highly experienced health professionals, monitors and directs the care of critically ill patients round the clock, and works in collaboration with other health care professionals necessary for the care of patients critical care units.
Critical care medicine is the healthcare specialty that cares for patients with acute, life-threatening illness or injury. This care is delivered in highly specialized intensive care units (ICUs) and trauma centers. Multidisciplinary teams of highly experienced physicians, nurses, respiratory care technicians, pharmacists, dieticians and other allied health professionals provide comprehensive care for these critically ill patients. This team uses their unique expertise, ability to interpret important therapeutic information, access to highly sophisticated equipment, and the services of support personnel to provide care that leads to the best outcome for the patient. Patients are rarely admitted directly to the critical care unit. They are usually admitted from the emergency room, operating room or hospital rooms where they are first given care and stabilized. The continuum of critical care begins at the moment of illness or injury and continues throughout the patient's hospitalization, treatment and subsequent recovery.
Typical examples of critical illness include heart attack, pneumonia, poisoning, complex or prolonged surgery, surgical complications, premature birth, and stroke. Critical care also includes trauma care - care of the severely injured – from any cause..
Critical care refers exclusively to the treatment of patients who suffer from life-threatening conditions. Emergency room physicians and nurses treat patients who suffer from relatively minor emergencies (sprained ankles, broken arms) to those with major problems including heart attack, knife or gunshot wounds or drug overdoses. In the Emergency Department, physicians and nurses stabilize patients and transfer them to the ICU for further treatment. The long-term management of critically ill and injured patients is provided by critical care professionals in the ICU.
An intensivist is a specialist physician with additional sub-specialty (fellowship) training, or equivalent qualifications, in critical care medicine. An intensivist directs the care of critically ill patients and works in collaboration with other health care professionals necessary for the care of patients in critical care units.
Mechanical ventilation is the method of using machines to help patients breathe when they are unable to breathe sufficiently on their own. Most often, mechanical ventilation is used for a few days or weeks to help a patient breathe during a serious illness. This type of breathing support is usually done in an intensive care unit.