The Intensive
care unit of Green Life Hospital offers Unit-1, Non COVID unit and Unit-2, Covid unit situated in level
-5 , which deals with seriously ill patients who are cared for by specially
trained doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and dietitians. The department
is operational 24/7 with every facility to serve the ailing bodies with utmost
care. The ICU is well equipped with latest equipment required for optimum care
of critically ill patients.
We aspire to uphold the following morals:
Compassion: we care the people we look after,
care about each other and the work
Accountability: understand the responsibility
of caring people.
Respect: friendly and respectful to everyone
at all times.
Excellence: strives for excellence in every
aspect of work.
Safety: ensure the safety for staff and
patients inside ICU
The
Intensive Care Unit is an expensive resource area and should be reserved for
patients with reversible medical conditions with a reasonable prospect of
substantial recovery. Patients with the following conditions are candidates for
admission to the Intensive Care Unit.
A. Respiratory
Acute respiratory failure requiring
ventilatory support
Acute pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic
instability
Massive hemoptysis
Upper airway obstruction
B. Cardiovascular
Shock states
Life-Threatening dysrhythmias
Dissecting aortic aneurysms
Hypertensive emergencies
Need for continuous invasive monitoring of cardiovascular
system
(Arterial
pressure, central venous pressure, cardiac output)
C. Neurological
Severe head trauma
Status epilepticus
Meningitis with altered mental status or
respiratory compromise
Acutely altered sensorium with the potential
for airway compromise
Progressive neuromuscular dysfunction
requiring respiratory support and / or cardiovascular monitoring (myasthenia
gravis, Gullain- Barre syndrome).
Brain dead or potentially brain dead patients
who are being aggressively managed while determining organ donation status
Program.
D. Renal
Requirement for acute renal replacement
therapies in an unstable patient
Acute rhabdomyolysis with renal insufficiency
E. Endocrine
Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by
hemodynamic instability, altered mental status
Severe metabolic acidotic states
Thyroid storm or myxedema coma with
hemodynamic instability
Hyperosmolar state with coma and/or
hemodynamic instability
Adrenal crises with hemodynamic instability
Other severe electrolyte abnormalities,
such as:
Life threatening gastrointestinal
bleeding
Acute hepatic failure leading to coma,
hemodynamic instability 3. Severe acute pancreatitis
Severe coagulopathy and/or bleeding
diathesis.
Severe anemia resulting in hemodynamic
and/or respiratory compromise.
Severe complications of sickle cell
crisis.
Hematological malignancies with
multi-organ failure.
H. Obstetric
Medical conditions complicating pregnancy
Severe pregnancy induced
hypertension/eclampsia
Obstetric hemorrhage
Amniotic fluid embolism
I. Multi-system
Severe sepsis or septic shock
Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
Polytrauma
Dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock
syndrome
Drug overdose with potential acute
decompensation of major organ systems
Environmental injuries (lightning, near
drowning, hypo/hyperthermia
Severe burns
J. Surgical
High risk patients in the peri-operative
period
Post-operative patients requiring continuous
hemodynamic monitoring/ ventilatory support, usually following:
- Vascular surgery
- thoracic surgery
- airway surgery
- craniofacial surgery
- major orthopedic and spine surgery
- general surgery with major blood loos / fluid shift