NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU)

Introduction:
NICU is a very specialized unit where critically ill neonatal cared to
reduce the neonatal morbidity and mortality.
The admission to neonatal special care unit or intensive care unit has
some can. If the child is neonatal in the critical condition, the neonate needs
the care of interer unit. Mostly from the labour wards, operation theatre and
hospital or any other referred they will be send to intensive care unit
(ICU)

CRITIRIA FOR ADMISSION IN NICU:

Indications
 Low for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit are as
birth weight(2000gm)
follow.
 Large babies(more than or equal to 4kg)
 Birth asphyxia(apgar score less than or equal to 6)
 Meconium aspiration syndrome. If symptomatic/ thick meconium seen in
lab
 Sever jaundice
 Infants of diabetic mother
 Neonatal sepsis/meningitis
 Neonatal convulsions
 Severe congenital malformation/cyanotic congenital heart disease
 O2 therapy/parentral nutrition
 Immediate after surgery/cardiological investigayion
 Cardio respiratory monitoring, if heart Rate and respiratory rate are
unstable
 Exchange blood transfusion
 PROM/foul smelling
liquor
  Mother of hepatitis ‘B’ carrier

 Injured neonate

Intensive care needs highly trained personnel including the intensive care
specialist,and nurses and techniques. Sophisticated equipment for the
monitoring and if vital functions and the availability for continuous
laboratory support are in the intensive care.

AIMS/GOALS OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

The goals of a neonatal intensive care unit are:-
 To improve the condition of the critically ill neonates keeping in mind the
survival of neonate so as to reduce the neonatal morbidity and mortality.
 To provide continuing inservice training to medicine and nursing personnel in
the care of the new born.
 To maintain the function of the pulmonary, cardio-vascular, renal and
nervous system.
 To monitor the heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, central venous
pressure and blood by non-invasive techniques.
 To measure the oxygen concentration of the blood is by oxygen analyzers.
 To check/observe alarms systems signal, to find out the changes beyond
certain fixed limits set on the monitors.
 To administer precise amounts of fluids and minute quantities of drugs
through I.V. infusion pumps.

PREPARATION OF NICU

 Warm (33-36°C) incubator

 Adequate light source
 Resuscitation and treatment trolly stocked.
 History, continuation sheet treatment and diet sheet, problem list
 and flow charts.
 Oxygen air and suction apparatus (as available in the unit).
 Oxygen line connected to oxygen and air flow meter.
 Suction - complete suction unit tubing and various sizes of suction
catheters. Ventilation bag and mask of appropriate sizes,
 Vital signs monitors.
 Specific equipment as indicated by diagnosis.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE IN NICU

All babies admitted to the neonatal unit. Should have the following data recue
carefully within 24 hours of admission (if possible much sooner).

History and examination

 Maternal history
 Paternal history
 Previous obstetric history
 Details of present pregnancy
 Labour.
 Delivery
 Apgar score

On admission
 Notify the doctor and the nurse in charge.
 Resuscitate infant as necessary and maintain warmth.
 Check infant identification label.
 Quickly examine the infant from head to toe for obvious abnormalities
condition permits.
 Record Weight, length and head circumference as soon as possible.
 Transfer to warm environment as soon as. Possible.
  Cornrnonest observations are :-
(a) Temperature - Infant normal temperature range 36°C to 37°C
- Environment - See natural thermal environment charts.
(b) Heart rate.
(c) Respiration
(d) Colour,
(e) Activity.
- Explain to parents
- Hand over from transferring unit staff

Record keeping:
- Birth history : Done in labour ward.
History
A. Ward history contains
- Apgar score and examination of new born infant, sheet.
- Neonatal weight and feed sheet, progress chart.
B. Compiled history contains
- Patient registration form.
- Progress 'sheet.
- intra uterine growth chart.
- 02 flow sheets, fluid balance sheet etc.

LIFETHREATENING CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE NICU

The following are the life threatening conditions in neonates :
- Apnea
- Baby with respiratory distress
- Birth asphyxia.
- Convulsions.
- Low birth weight babies (less than 1500 gm requiring intensive care.)
 - Neonatal jaundice requiring exchange blood transfusion.
- Sepsis and meningitis.

HOW TO MAKE ROUND WITH THE CONSULTANT IN NICU

The nurse should have the following recording and reporting while round
with cons ultant.
A. Examine and evaluate assigned patients (neonate)
each day.
B. Record keeping.
1) Progress notes - it should reflect present status of infants and new or
ongoing problems
2) Problem list - a coniplete problem list is kept at the front of the progress
notes.
- This must be kept current, new problems listed and resolved problem also
noted.
- The number of the problems in the progress chart should be consistent
with the problem list.
- Only active problem needs to be discussed. The problems should be
collected from folowing areas :-
a. general status :-
- Better ? Worse ? No change ?
- Pertinent physical findings.
b. nutrition ;-
- Weight, change appropriate ?, inappropriate
- Caloric status, source.
- Plan of nutrition (feeding)
c. Respiratory problems :-
- Present status, pertinent physical findings, laboratory findings.
d. infection :-
 - If suspected or present, pertinent findings.
- cultural• results.
- Plan of therapy e.g., how long antibiotic treatment is planned ?
e. Apnea :-
- Number and severity of apneas/bradycardia.
- Treatment (ventilation),
- Caffeine or theophyline levels.
f. Cardiovascular
- Physical findings
- Blood pressure
- Results of test such as echo,
- Treatment plans
g. Fluids and electrolytes :-
- Intake and output, electrolytes
- Problems and plan,
h. Metabolic :-
- Glucose, calcium, phosphorusim balance or any problems
- Assessment and plan.
i. Neurological :-
- Problems, changes, meditation, plans.
- Seizures, medications, blood levels, ECG results.
j. Hematological :-
- Anemia/coagulopathy, neutropenia etc.
- Transfusions and plans.
k. Hepatic
l. Renal problems
m. Eyes when examined and results
(3) Discharge - Summaries/transfer summaries must be done prior to discharge
patient.
INSTRUMENTS AND FACILITIES IN NICU
Apex institution or regional perinatal centre must be equipped with
centralization supply, suction facilities, incubators/open care system, vital signs
and transcutans ventilators and infusion pumps, which are mandatory
to provide intensive neonatal care.
Physical facilities The neonatologist and the nurse in charge must
be involve while planning the unit. The intensive care area should be localized
preferably next labour ward and delivery rooms. For economizing the costs it
would be preferably to it combined with level II facilities, through both the
areas there must have separate adequate staff and a single administrative control.
Temperature of the unit:
In the case of controlling the environmental temperature, the NICU
should not - be located on the top floor, but there must be adequate sunlight for
illumination.
The unit must have a fair degree or ventilation of fresh air through
central air conditioning is a must. The temperature inside the unit should be
maintained at 282 4. 2gC while the humidity must be above 50%.
In case the unit is responsible for picking up babies, referred from the
regional
hospitals, it Should be within easy access for the ambulance entrance and
should have a separate elevator.

Physical set up:•

The NICU can be-irt a single area or it can be in multiple rooms with a
capacity Of 2-4: infants each.

Bed strength of NICU

One intensive care bed is generally required for -100 deliveries provided
the prematurity ratio is around 8% and, hence for a population of one
million,
30 intensive care beds would be required for our country. These figures
would
require modification based on the growth rate, number of premature deliveries
and the toad of high risk population drains since the supportive services to be
provided for it would be uneconomical to have a NICU of less than 6-8 bed.

ASPECTS OF NICU:
Two main important aspects-in NICU
1) Physical ,set up
2)Administrative set up
Categories of NICU:
There are three
categories:
1) First level (mild)
2) Second level
(moderate)
3) Third level
(critical).

PHYSICAL SET UP
Space between the
patients
- For the patient care, 100 square feet is required for each baby as it is true
for any adult bed.
- There should be a gap of about 6 feet between two incubators for adequate
circulation and keep the essential lifesaving equipment’s, space needed
about 120 square feet.
- Each patient station should have 12-16 central voltage stabilized

electric outlets.
- 2 to 3 oxygen outlets.
- 2 compressed air outlets.
- 2 to 3 suction outlets.
- Additional power plug point would be required for the portable x-ray
 machine close to the patient care area.

Water Hand washing

- The unit must have an uninterrupted clean water supply and each
patient care area must also have a wash basin with foot or elbow
operated tapes. Near wash basin, placing paper towel and receptacle.
- The unit should be equipped with laminar air flow system, however
alternate air conditioned with multipore filters and fresh air exchange of
12 per hour should be provided.

Colour: The walls of the whole unit should be washable and have a white
slightly off white colour for better colour appreciation of the neonates.
Lighting: The lighting arrangement should -provide uniform,
shadow
illumination of WO foot candles at the baby's level. in addition, spot illumination
should be available for each baby for any procedure.
A generator back up is mandatory where there are frequent power
fluctuations power failures.
Sounds The Acoustic characteristics should be such that the
intensity of noise kept well below 75 decibels.
The unit should also have an intercom and a direct outside telephone
line
so that parent of the patient can have an easy acess to the medical
personnels in case of emergency.
Rooms Apart from patient care area including rooms for isolation and
procedure there is need of space for certain essential functions, like a
room for scrubbing and gown near the entrance, a side laboratory,
mothers room, adequate stores for keep consumable and non-
consumable articles.
- A room for keeping the x-ray and ultra sound machines.
- One or two rooms each would be needed for doctors and nurses on day
 night duties.
- There is a space available for a biomedical engineer to provide essential
period preventive maintenance of the costly equipment.
- Additional space will be required for educational activities and storing of
database
Ventilation: Minimum of six air changes, 2 air changes should be outside
filtering the inner air.
- Effective air ventilation of nursery is essential to reduce nosocomial
infection
- The air conditioning ducts must be provided with rnillipore filters- (0.5H) to
restrict the passage of microbes.
Exaster: Keep away from the baby.
Ventilated air: - A simple method to achieve satisfactory ventilation consists of
vision of exhaust fan in a reverse direction near the ceiling for input of fresh
contarninated air fixation of other exhaust fan in the conventional manner near
the r for air exit.

Infection control measures :- Hand Washing Facilities

- Each room should have a separate basin facilities, it can be used for
children.
- Sinks are regularly cleaned by disinfection.

ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP
Medical staff: The unit should be headed by a director who is full time
neonatologist with special qualification and training in neonatal medicine.
- He should be responsible for maintenance of standard of patient care.
- Development of the operating budget.
- Equipment evaluation and purchase.
- Planning and development of education programme.
- Evaluation of effectiveness of perinatal care in the area.
 - He should devote time to patient care services, research and teaching as
well as co-ordinate with level I and level II hospital in the area.

Staff Requirements
- Neonatal physician 6-12 patient in the continuing care, inter mediate care and
intensive: care areas.
- He should be available on 24 hours bases for consultation.
- A ratio of one physician in training to every 4-5 patient who requires intensive
care ideal round the clock.
- Services of other specialists like microbiologist, hematologist, radiologist,
and cardiologist and should be available on call.
- An anesthetist capable of administering anesthesia to neonate. 15addiatric
surgeon and pediatric pathologists should be available.

Nurses Ratio
1) Nurse patient ratio of 1:1 maintained throughout day and night.
2) A ratio of one nurse for two sick babies not requiring ventilator support
may be adequate.
- For an ideal nurse patient ratio, four trained nurses per intensive care bed
are needed.
- Additional head nurse who is the overall incharge.
- In addition to basic nursing training for level II care, tertiary care require
dedicated, committed and trained staff of the highest, qualify,
- Their training must include training in handling equipment,
use of
ventilator and use of mask resuscitations and even
endotracheal intubation, arterial sampling and so on.
Experience: - The staff nurse must have a minimum of 3 years work experience
in special neonatal care unit in addition to having 3 months hands on training in a
intensive neonatal care unit.

Otherstaff
- There is a special need of motivated staff responsible for upkeep and cleanlin
of the unit,
- Special attention must also be made to train and educate Other persons their
role in the patient care.
- One sweeper should be available round the clock.
- Laboratory technician.
- Public health nurse/social workers.
- Respiratory therapist.
- Biomedical engineer.
- Ward clerk can help in keeping track of the stores.

EQUIPMENTS FOR NICU

- Equipment and supports should include all that is necessary to resuscitation
and intermediate care areas.
- Supply should be kept close to the patient station so that nurse does not ha
to
go away from the neonate unnecessarily and nurses time and skills are u
efficiently.
- There should be servo controlled incubators and open air system for provide
adequate warmth.
- Two-third of the bed strength should be of open care system.
- When every incubators are being used, heat shields used inside the,incubato
would be useful to further decrease the insensible water loses.
- Adequate number of infusion pumps for giving fluid (minimum 2 pint
parenteral nutrition solutions and drugs should be available.
- Infant ventilators capable of giving the pressure ventilation and various
cardiopulmonary monitor.

Equipment required for any neonatal ICU and the quantity required for 6
patient
- Resuscitation set -6
- Open care system 4
- incubators -2
- infusion pumps -12
- +ve pressure ventilators -6
- o2 hoods, 02 analyzers -6
- Heart rate apnea monitors without scope-6
- Phototherapy unit-6
- Electronic weighing scale-12
- Pulse oxygmetres -6
- Transcutaneous PO, and PCO2monitors 2-3.
- Noninvasive B.P. monitors 4-2.
- Invasive RP. monitors 1-2
- ECG monitor without defibrillator -1
- Intracranial pressure monitors -1.

Dis po s a ble Artic le s Re quire d fo r the NICU

IV catheter' IV. sets, bacterial filters, feeding tubes, endotracheal tubes,

suction catheters, three way adopters, umbilical arterial and venous catheters,
syringes, needles ventilator tubing’s, trocar and canula, pressure transducers for
invasive blood pressure
LABORATORY FOR NICU

- A micro chemistry laboratory attached to the unit and providing round the
clock service, in preferable through under indian conditions, this may not be
mandatory.
- This should be well-equipped to provide quick and reliable hematocrit, blood
glucose and total serum bilirubin.
- Facilities for total leukocytes counts and microscopic examination of peripheral blood
films for evidence of infection.
- Equipment for measure of specific gravity of urine and calcium should be
available.
- House X-ray machine and an ultrasound machine should be mandatory for
modern day neonatal care units.
 STORE ROOM CONFERENCE ROOM

DOCTORS
ROOM
FORMULA ROOM
NURSES
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Fig: layout map for a single corridor special neonatal intensive care unit for 24 infants

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X-RAY
SPECIAL CARE ROOM

LAB
PROCEDUR
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MINIMAL CARE ROOM

INFANT VIEWING

GROWING
NURSERY

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DOCUMENTATIONS IN NICU

- The unit should have printed problem oriented stationary for maintaining
records, admission and discharge slips etc.
- Records of all admission should be maintained in a register or on a
computer.
- The information should be analyzed and discussed at least once a month to
improve the effectiveness of the NICU in providing the services.

EDUCATION PROGRAMME AT NICU

- There should be continuing medical education programmes for physicians

and nurses in the form of lecturers, demonstrations and group discussions.
- this should cover important issues like resuscitation, sterilization to be
maintained for critically ill babies, putting in arterial catheters, conducting
exchange transfusion, maintenance of ventilators etc.
- Educational programmes covering the nurses and physician in the community
should be developed.
- There should be regular meetings with the obstetrician to discuss the perinatal
condition and care.
- Individual high risk cases.
- Education and follow up is necessary.

PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU)

Introduction:
P ed iatric intens ive c are unit where c ritic ally ill c hild ren are
c ared reduce the child mortality.
Advances in the understanding of pathophysiology and management of
complex life threatening processes, such as respiratory failure, shock,
trauma, and increased intracranial pressure and availability of electronic
monitoring and life sustaining procedures such as mechanical ventilators have
dramatically improved the level of care that can be offered to seriously ill
children. Efforts to deliver this highly sophisticated health care in an organized
manner have led to evolution of a new sub specialty intensive care unit.
Pediatric intensive care units for the critically ill are found in many
children hospitals and the large pediatric departments in general hospitals. In
some states, care of the high risk. Children takes place in regional centers
equipped for this purpose. Children who are critically ill are transported
from local hospitals to these centers for care.
Development of separate pediatric intensive care units is only logical in
this process, physiological need and disease patterns of young and infants and
children are distinct from adults.

CONDITIONS REQUIRE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE

UNIT
PICU is an internal part of the healt4 care services being afforded in a
particular up, an assessment of its need should primarily be based, on the
existing patient load and type Of illnesses cared for, conditions regarding
pediatric intensive care are following
Raised intracranial pressure
- Acute meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Encephalopathy
- Severe head injury
Shock:
- Hypovolemic
- Septic shock
- Severe burns
 Acute respiratory failure:
- Severe pneumonia
- Severe status
asthmatics
- Severe upper airway
obstruction
- Diphtheria
- Organophosphate
poisoning.
Acute hepatic failure:
- Fulminant viral
hepatitis
- Poisoning
(paracetamol, sodium
valporate).
- Metabolic disorders
(Wilson’s disease).
Acute renal failure
- Hemolytic uremic
syndrome
- Acute tubular
necrosis.
Fulminant metabolic :
- Metabolic Acidosis
disease.
Availability of committed and appropriately trained staff and adequate
resources are other important considerations,
An institution providing paediatric intensive care should be capable of
providing hours accessibility to abroad range of paediatric sub-specialties As
these are essential for optimum care.

PHYSICAL SET UP OF PICU

1. Size: - The ideal size is not known as there is no clear standard or method
determine its size. It is felt that a multi-specialty hospital requires about 5% of
beds for care, out of which 1% should be in ICU,
 the Unit for diagnostic and aphetic procedure is minimized.
PICU should be located within direct access to paediatric emergency room,
children , radiology department and operating and recovery rooms. It is also
desirable units to be close to each other.
3. Space :Adequate provision of space is essential for the patient care, area
should proximately 20 m2, space available per patient with 3-3.5 rn2 separating
each patient. There must be provision for enough floor space around the
head end of the bed to Me necessary personnel and equipment for
resuscitation In addition, space should be provided for nursing and
clinical
activity, equipment, eidoctors duty room, nurses locker room, conference
room, toilets, offices of nursing rvision and consultant physicians, laboratory,
storage area for supplies, linen and entbelongings and a clean and
separate
work room. An intermediate care area to allow for continuing care patients
and waiting room hinnies should also be provided immediately adjacent to the
unit.
The total area needed is about 3 times the size needed for beds alone.
4. Design/lay out
- In the design of patient care area is a provision for adequacy of
observation and easy access to the patients.
- A central station for observation, record keeping and charting, preparation o
medications and other functions are necessary.
- The patient care area may have an open ward design or multiple
enclosed room design (each room serving 1-2 patient). Both of their designs
have advantages. In our set up with shortage of nurses, it is better to adopt
for an open ward design.
- For a 6-8 bed unit, a big room serving 4-6 patients and two smaller rooms
(25- 30 m2) serving 1-2 patients are adequate.
- These rooms are required for isolation and dialysis. An area for intermediate
care may be designed within PICU, to look after patients who require
intensive tribnitoring but are not on life supporting therapeutic intervention.
- Each room should have adequate shelf space (cabinet) at growing and hand
washing facility presence of glass covered windows is helpful in providing
adequate light and for patients to day light. Attractive colour
maintain designs
- on walls and ceiling may be helpful.
- Each must be provided, with appropriate electrical sockets, illumination,
suction, air and oxygen outlets.
- Appropriate air conditioning heating, ventilation plumbing and
safety must he observed.

REQUIREMENT FOR A PICU

I. Electrical requirement
A. Electrical outlets 1648 per bed.
- For spot light
- Call bell alarms
- Monitoring equipments
- Vacuum, exhaust fan.
- Air conditioning
- Television.
B. Special outlet
- For ventilator
- Portable x-ray machines.
C. Earthling all the outlet : Must be properly earthed and have earthling circu
breakers to protect against electrocution.
D. Voltage stabilization for all the inlets, voltage fluctuations may damage
sensitive monitoring equipment.
II. Illumination (lighting)
a) Back ground lighting - Low intensity lighting below the patient's bed level
keep a minimum illumination at all times.
b) General and additional illumination - During active patient
care for
procedure needing extra brightness additional lights are needed. Full size
florescent tube light fixed in ceilings, 4 per patients, 2 for general and 2 for
additional illumination is minim requirement.
c) One spot light to give high level illumination for procedures, examination
treatment. This may be fixed in ceiling or may be a portable one.
III.Compressed Air :- One outlet per bed, provision of double filtered airat a
pressure of 50-55 psi.
IV. Oxygen outlets :- Two per bed, supplied from a central source should have
dis colour identification, alarm for low pressure and shut off value between
the
main the outlet to close the flow if needed.
V. Suction vacuum :- Two per bed, minimum a third outlet may be desirable.
pressure should be adjustable for patient's needs such as nasogastric suction,
tracheostomies tube drainage, endotracheal suction etc.
VI. - Physical environment
Temperature adjustment between 25°-20°C.
- Relative humidity 30-60%
- Positive air pressure inside as compared to adjacent area
- Air conditioning system must allow for the above requirement for air
exchange and filtration.
- Air exchanges at least 12 tithes per day.
STAFFING PATTERN OF PICU
1. Medical director/consultant in-charge.
The medical director or consultant in- Age should have special training and
experience in the care of critically ill children ding advance skill in
monitoring and life support techniques.
He/she must be available full time for administrative and
clinical, educational ties of the unit.
These activities include folowing:
- Supervision
- Regular care
- Resuscitation
- Life support measures to all patients
- Quality control and appropriateness of care.
- Co-ordination of multiple subspecialty services.
- Maintenance
- Condemnation and replacement of equipment’s.
- Organization of educational and research activities.
- Staff development and improvement on standard of care.
- Collection of statistical data necessary for evaluation of the
unit effectiveness.
- Implementation of policies and procedures.

It is desirable that the PICU consultant maintains regular participation in

continuing programme in the field.

2. House Staff (Residents)

Twenty hours presence of a qualified doctor in the PICU is necessary. The
doctor should be exclusively designated for the PICU and should e covering
other areas such as the emergency
department or other wards mutinously.
 He must be trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and intubations.

3. Nurses :
Nurses are the most important staff in any PICU for actual delivery of care.
It is essential t6 have high quality, specially trained nurses to provide
24 hours coverage.
- A kit containing education programme for nurses must be developed within
the unit.
- A common problem in our hospital is frequent change of nursing staff that
should be avoided.
- The in charge of PICU must take up the issues with the concerned
administrative authority to ensure undisturbed availability of trained and
experienced nurses.
- The ideal nurse patient ratio is 1:1, the minimum is one nurse per three
patients in the unit at all times.
- The nurse should have basic understanding of commonly emergency
clinical, condition and should be trained in Resuscitation techniques,
electronic monitoring and use of PICU equipment.

The nurse should be able to recognize and interpret changes in patient

monitoring date, and results of common laboratory samples, perform
venipuncture’s to obtain blood

- Establish an IV lines.
- Administer drugs and parental fluids.
- It is helpful to have protocol for nursing care.
4. Respiratory therapists :-
A person trained in respiratory, care with knowledge ventilation equipment
and basic life support has become an important part of PICU team in the developed
countries.

5. Other staff
- A biomedical and a laboratory technician
- A unit of clerk to handle patient and administrative paper work
- Physiotherapist
- Nutritionist
- A social worker

EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR PICU

Equipment required for any pediatric intensive care unit and quantity required 6
patient beds:-
- Open care system -4
- Resuscitation set -6
- Positive pressure ventilators -6
- Infusion pump 5-12
- Electronic weighing scale 1-2
- 0, hood, 02 Analysis -6
- Heart rate apnea monitor with scope-6
- Transcutaneous P02 and PCO2 monitors-2-3. Pulse oximeter-6
- Intracranial pressure monitors-1
- ECG monitor without defibrillator4
- Invasive B.P. monitors -1-2.
- Noninvasive B.P. monitors -1-2.
Disposable articles :- Required disposable articles for PICU are Intravenous
catheter

- Intravenous sets
- Bacterial filters.
- Feeding tubes
- Endotracheal tubes
- Suction catheters
- Three way4doptors
- umbilical arterial and venous catheters.
- syringes
- needles
- ventilator tubings,
- trocar and canula
- pressure transducers for invasive blood pressure.

SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN PICU

A. monitoring services
1. cardiac and haemodynamic devices
 heart rate and rhythm ECG
 blood pressure
 CVP and pulmonary artery pressure
 Cardiac output.

2. Respiratory functions
 Respiratory rate.
 Oxygen saturation of Hb(Sa02).
 -Blood gases
 Inspired oxygen and end tidal CO,.
  Monitoring for ventilated children
3. Temperature
4. Cerebral functions
 Intracranial pressure
 electroencephalogram
 cerebral blood flow.
B. Therapeutic or Diagnostic Services
 Emergency resuscitation
 respiratory support.
 cardiac support
 Defibrillation; Temporary
cardiac pacing.
5. Infusion pumps and
pressure infusion devices.
6. dialysis peritoneal/
Hemodialysis.
 Supportive services for
PICU
 Radio diagnosis and
imaging facility.
 24 hours coverage for
portable x-rays of chest,
abdomen
 Ultra sound,
 CT. scan.
 ECHO
 Angiography, lung scan.

7. Laboratory services:-. 24
hours availability
 Hematocrit, Hb, blood
units.
 Blood glucose urea and
electrolytes
 Prothrombine time, platelet
counts.
 Body fluid analysis (C.S.F.
urinalysis)
 Arterial blood gases,
 3. Centralized 02, supply, compressed air and suction facility.
4. Blood Bank services.
5. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy services.
6.Transport services: An ambulance team with a resident trained in circulation
and stabilization of critically ill patient and resuscitation, equipment, drugs and b
monitor equipment’s.

(D) Auxiliary services

 House keeping related to cleaning, HP, electrician, air conditioner
line cleaning, CSSD,
 Communication with PICU and outside through telephone, paging and
intercogn system.
 Computerized record keeping.
 Social services

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND CARE

Services of bio-medical engineer/technician should be
available for regular frequent servicing of equipment’s to keep it in good working
order.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AT PICU

 In PICU, there should be continuing education programme for physician
and nurses in the form of lectures, demonstrations, and group discussions.
 The education programme should cover, important issues like resuscitate
sterilization of critically ill children’s, putting in an arterial catheters,
conducting exchange transfusion, maintenance of ventilators etc.
 Educational programmes covering the nurses and physician in the
communication should be developed
 There should be regular meeting with the pediatricians and obstetrician to
discuss about individual high risk child
 Educational programme should be followed regularly.
 DOCTORS

NURSING STATION
NURSES
GROWIN

ROOM

ROOM
X-RAY PROCEDUR WAITIN
CONFERENCE ROOM

LAB
E ROOM G G
ROOM
NURSERY AREA

CLEANING
AREA
FORMULA ROOM

ROOM-1 ROOM-2 ROOM-3

FUMIGATION
STORE ROOM

CHAMBER
ROOM-4 ROOM-5 ROOM-6
SCRUB
GOWN

Fig: layout map of a 6-room pediatric intensive care unit