Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Unit (pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv kɛər ˈjuːnɪt/) is a specialized department in a hospital that provides intensive treatment medicine.
Etymology
The term "Intensive Care Unit" is derived from the intensive medical care and attention provided to patients in these units. The term was first used in the 1960s to describe sections of a hospital that were designated for critical care of patients.
Description
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a department within a hospital where critically ill patients are cared for by specially trained staff. These units are also known as critical care units (CCUs) or intensive therapy departments (ITDs). They are areas in the hospital that are designed to provide complex and intensive treatment and observation to patients who are too ill to be treated in the general wards.
Related Terms
- Critical care medicine: A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring.
- Mechanical ventilation: A method to assist or replace spontaneous breathing when a patient is unable to do so on their own.
- Life support: Techniques and equipment used to maintain life after the failure of one or more vital organs.
- Resuscitation: The act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness.
- Triage: The process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Intensive Care Unit
- Wikipedia's article - Intensive Care Unit
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