Also known as Intensive care unit (ICU) is a special care offered by the hospital to patients whose conditions is life threatening and who are in need of complete care and constant monitoring. A team of specially-trained medical staff provides 24-hours care. This includes using machines and continuously monitoring patient’s major signs. An individual who have a life threatening illness or injury such as heart failure, severe burns,COVID-19, people who have undergone major surgeries and are recovering, heart attacks, kidney failures etc.
In a critical care unit, health care team uses different type of equipments which includes
These machines can keep patient alive, however a large number of them can likewise raise their danger of infection.