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For individuals facing critical illness or requiring emergency care, the ICU and Critical Care department at Manipal Hospitals Dhakuria offers a lifeline of expertise and support. Our team of highly qualified intensivists, experienced nurses, respiratory therapists, and dedicated professionals work tirelessly to deliver comprehensive care and optimal outcomes in life-threatening situations. We specialise in providing life-saving interventions for a wide range of critical conditions, including Sepsis: Severe infection and inflammatory response leading to organ dysfunction, Respiratory failure: Inability of lungs to adequately exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide, Cardiovascular emergencies: Heart attacks, strokes, and other life-threatening heart and blood vessel conditions. Neurological emergencies: Traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and other severe neurological conditions, Post-surgical complications: Serious issues arise after complex surgical procedures. We believe in a patient-centred approach, tailoring our interventions to each individual's unique needs and medical history. Utilising advanced monitoring equipment, life-support technologies, and specialised procedures, we stabilise patients, diagnose underlying conditions, and implement evidence-based treatment plans. Beyond diagnosis and initial stabilisation, we offer continuous monitoring and meticulous care. Our experienced ICU team provides round-the-clock attention, managing vital signs, administering medications, and ensuring continuous support for organ function. We prioritise minimally invasive techniques whenever feasible, focusing on minimising discomfort and promoting faster recovery. Our commitment extends beyond the ICU walls. We offer comprehensive pre- and post-ICU care, including pain management, rehabilitation services, and emotional support. We collaborate closely with other specialists within the hospital, like cardiologists, neurologists, and pulmonologists, to provide a multidisciplinary approach to complex cases. Choosing Manipal Hospitals Dhakuria for your ICU and critical care needs means placing your trust in a team dedicated to excellence.
The Department of ICU and Critical Care Medicine at Manipal Hospitals, Dhakuria, West Bengal, operates with a focus on coordinated and comprehensive teamwork, ensuring world-class medical services for our patients. Critical care specialists provide advanced medical care to patients in intensive care units who are critically ill, often experiencing dysfunction or failure in one or more organ systems, such as cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, liver, kidney, or gastrointestinal systems. Manipal Hospitals stands out as one of India's premier institutions for critical care medicine. Our team of physicians employs a range of diagnostic tools and assessments to deliver top-notch care rooted in evidence-based clinical practices. At Manipal Hospitals, our department of Critical Care Medicine operates with a focus on coordination, ensuring world-class medical services for our patients.
In some cases, when a patient's airways are restricted, an emergency tracheostomy is performed to allow a tube to go directly from a ventilator to the patient's windpipe through a precise incision on the neck. The procedure allows the patient to breathe while other diagnostic approaches and treatments are considered.
Our critical care experts are prepared to manage a broad spectrum of severe medical conditions that hamper the functioning of one or more organ systems. Our committed team of physicians and specialists conducts various procedures directly at the bedside of ICU patients. Sterilisation of the ICU facilities is done on a regular basis to keep patients from getting infections. In an emergency, patients receive the initial diagnostic screening from our very effective monitoring devices. The Department of Critical Care Medicine at Manipal Hospitals, Dhakuria, West Bengal, leads the way in delivering excellent medical care via the synergy of comprehensive and well-coordinated cooperation of expert doctors.
Intensive care denotes specialised treatment provided to patients facing acute illness necessitating critical medical attention. Unless it's an emergency, admission to the ICU typically requires a referral from one's doctor or specialist.
Patients may be admitted to the ICU for planned reasons like post-surgery recovery or unexpectedly due to accidents or sudden health deterioration. ICU teams consist of a variety of skilled professionals, including intensive care nurses, doctors, and specialists, proficient in managing critical conditions across various medical, surgical, and trauma scenarios.
ICUs address treating specific health conditions or injuries such as major trauma, severe burns, respiratory failure, organ transplants, complex spinal surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery.
ICU environments vary based on the medical and surgical procedures performed, typically featuring large, sterile areas equipped with specialised technical and monitoring equipment. This environment may be overwhelming for patients and visitors due to the activity, sounds, machinery, tubes, and monitors present.
Depending on their health, patients may need to stay in intensive care for several hours, many weeks, or even months. Certain situations, such as heart attacks, need to be treated right away for the best results, while other cases can take longer for organ damage to be repaired before being moved to a less critical care unit. Intensive care is essential to a patient's complete course of care since it frequently acts as a bridge before a patient is transferred to another medical speciality.
Critical care is the specialised medical treatment given to patients who have conditions that are either life-threatening or severely incapacitating. In order to meet the patient's demands, a multidisciplinary team of qualified experts, including doctors, nurses, and other professionals, is required. Critical care is usually provided in hospital environments. But, in certain cases, comparable home-based collaborative care frameworks based on the patient's condition and necessary actions can be created.
The critical care medicine section is committed to delivering life-saving treatments as well as assistance with advance directives, end-of-life decisions, prognosis estimation, and counselling patients and their families through these trying times. We recognise the value of comprehensive treatment, which includes mental and emotional support.
To provide individualised and dynamic treatment for every patient, the team includes intensivists, critical care nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, pharmacists, social workers, and other experts.
In Certain situations If you are unable to make decisions for yourself, an advance directive informs which can be prepared by you well in advance of your illness, your doctor of your preferences for medical treatment. This document describes the kind of treatment you would prefer to receive if you are permanently unconscious or have a disease from which you are unlikely to recover. Advance directives can indicate a preference for particular therapies regardless of the severity of your health, even though they typically reflect a desire to refuse particular treatments.
When a patient's essential organs fail, a variety of therapies are used to assist keep them alive, this is known as life support. Most of the time, when someone refers to "life support," they are referring to a breathing machine, also known as a mechanical ventilator. By forcing air into the lungs, mechanical ventilation facilitates breathing for patients. A tube that passes through the patient's mouth and into the windpipe connects the mechanical ventilator to the patient. For patients who require less lung support than mechanical breathing, oxygen may be administered with a mask covering their nose and mouth. When the kidneys fail, dialysis is another kind of life support that removes toxins from the blood.
Depression after being admitted to the intensive care unit is not uncommon. Around one in three patients may experience it. A chronic sense of sorrow, a loss of interest in once-enjoyable hobbies, trouble focusing, changes in food, and irregular sleep patterns are some of the symptoms. Furthermore, after a severe illness, 10–20% of patients may develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is characterised by anxiety, nightmares, avoiding hospital environments, and disengaging from activities.
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Manipal Hospitals is dedicated to providing comprehensive round the clock treatment to all of its patients. The equipment and staffing ratios at the ICU & critical care department are a reflection of this commitment to quality healthcare.
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