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The complete form of ICU is known as the Intensive Care Unit. It is a special hospital division that provides patients suffering with grave illness or accident critically-needed medications and intensive care. Patients with the most severe or life-threatening illnesses or injuries which require constant and constant surveillance by a team consisting of specialist doctors and nurses are treated in intensive care units. The team is specially trained in treating patients that are seriously ill or have suffered serious injuries. It is also a place for patients who are seriously injured or sick. ICU is also known by the terms CCU (Critical Care Unit) or ITU (Intensive Treatment Unit).

Injuries and illnesses that require different ICU treatment

In ICUs, there are often staff, like respiratory therapy professionals, physical therapists, pharmacists, anaesthesia specialists and so on.

• Heart disease that is severe including heart attacks extreme low blood pressure.
• Acute respiratory problems that can be linked to asthma or chronic pneumonia.
• Inaccidental events that require major surgery and urgent intervention.
• Patients who are in a condition of coma require treatment in the ICU
• Liver complications and kidney insufficiency that require dialysis.
• Following a major surgery or surgery, patients require medical attention in the ICU.
• For infants who are born prematurely or with a serious illness There is a special ICU and it is labelled as the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).

Medical equipment available in ICU division

An ICU is filled with a variety of medical instruments,and a handful of them are listed below.

• Dialysis machine
• Infusion Pump
• Patient Monitor
• Electrocardiogram(ECG)
• Syringe Pump
• Mechanical ventilators
• Suction tubes
• Feeding tubes
• Anesthesia Machine
• External pacemakers
• Blood Warmer
• Defibrillator and so on.

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ICU is what it says. complete form of ICU

ICU: Intensive Care Unit

ICU is an acronym for Intensive Care Unit. It is an specialized department within an institution that offers the most intensive medical care and life support to patients suffering from serious injury or illness. The intensive care units take care of the patients who suffer from the most serious and life-threatening injuries or illness which needs constantand constant monitoring by a special team of nurses and doctors. This team is trained in the treatment of seriously ill or severely injured patients. Patients may be admitted directly into ICU after being discharged from an urgent department when needed. It is often done if the patient's condition deteriorates constantly.

ICU is equipped with various medical equipments, a few of which include:

• Mechanical ventilators
• Dialysis machine
• External pacemakers
• Syringe Pump
• Infusion Pump
• ECG ( Electrocardiogram)
• Defibrillator
• Anesthesia Machine
• Blood Warmer
• Patient Monitor
• Feeding tubes, suction tubes etc.

ICUs also have their own staffs like physical therapists, respiratory therapists, anesthesia specialists, pharmacists and others.

Accidents or illnesses which require particular care in the ICU:

• Severe heart problems like heart attack, extreme poor blood pressure.
• Problem in respiratory system because of asthma or pneumonia.
• The cases that happen accidentally require major surgery and immediate action.
• Patients in Coma.
• Kidney problems and liver cases which requires dialysis.
• After a major surgery.

There is a separate ICU for infants who are were born prematurely or who have a serious illness. The unit is called neonatal intense health unit (NICU).

ICU is sometimes referred to in other ways as Intensive Therapy Unit or Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) or Critical Care Unit (CCU). The first ICU doctor would be Peter Safar.

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