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Concept of Critical Care
Concept of Critical Care
Concept of Critical Care
INTRODUCTION
This team –
• Doctor
• Nurses
• Therapists
• Nutritionists
• Chaplains and other support
staff, builds an environment
for healing or dying.
CRITICAL CARE NURSING
Critical care nursing is that specialty
within nursing that deals specifically
with human responses to life-
threatening problems.
CRITICAL CARE NURSING
Critical care nursing is that specialty
within nursing that deals specifically
with human responses to life-
threatening problems.
SEVEN Cs OF CRITICAL CARE
• Compassion
• Communication (with patient and family).
• Consideration (to patients, relatives and
colleagues) and avoidance of Conflict.
• Comfort: prevention of suffering
• Carefulness (avoidance of injury)
• Consistency
• Closure (ethics and withdrawal of care).
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
• Gastroenterologist
• Hematologist
• Infectious disease specialist
• Nephrologist
• Neuroradiologist (with interventional capability)
• Pathologist
• Radiologist (with interventional capability)
• Neurologist
• Orthopedic surgeon
S.NO THERAPIST FUNCTION
.
1. Physiotherapists prevents and treat chest problems,
assist mobilization, and prevent
contractures in immobilized patients
• ENGINEER – He should be
experienced in the design of
mechanical and electrical systems
For hopitals,especially critical care
unit.
FLOOR PLAN AND DESIGN
IT SHOULD BE BASED ON:-
• Patient admission pattern
• Staff & visitor traffic patterns
• Need for support facilities such a
nursing station ,Storage, clerical space,
• Administrative & educational
requirements.
• Services that are unique to the
individual institution.
FLOOR PLAN AND DESIGN
• Eight to twelve beds per unit is
considered best from a functional
perspective .
• Each healthcare facility should consider
the need for positive- and negative
pressure isolation rooms within the ICU.
• This need will depend mainly upon patient
population and State Department of Public
Health requirements.
FLOOR PLAN AND DESIGN
• Each intensive care unit should be a
geographically distinct area within the
hospital, when possible, with controlled access.
• No through traffic to other departments
should occur. Supply and professional traffic
should be separated from public/visitor traffic.
• Location should be chosen so that the unit is
adjacent to, or within direct elevator travel to
and from, the Emergency Department,
Operating Room, intermediate care units, and
Radiology Department
PATIENT AREAS.:-