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• CriticalCareUnit Is a specially designed and equipped facility staffed by

  skilled personnel to provide

  effective and safe care for

  patients with a lifethreatening problem that is

  potentially reversible
• CriticalCareNurse Is a licensed professional nurse who is responsible for ensuring

  that acutely and critically ill

  patients and their families

  receive optimal care
• 7C’sofCriticalCare

  Compassion Communication Consideration

  Comfort

  Carefulness

  Consistency

  Closure
• Non-invasivemonitoring methods Includes pressure measurement, oxygen measurement via pulse oximeter and measurement of cardiac output via doppler.
• Invasivemonitoring methodsUsed to measure and monitor various pressures and cardiacoutput.
• CriticalCareInformationSystem(CCIS)

  This system is designed to

  collect, store, organize,

  retrieve, and manipulate all

  data related to care of the

  critically ill patient.

  Primary Focus: Organization of

  a patients current and

  historical data for use by all

  care providers in patient care.
• LevelIICU Referred to as high dependency Resuscitation, short term mechanical ventilation and simple invasive cardiovascular monitoring <24 hours.
• LevelIIIICU Tertiary referral unit for intensive care patients Provides comprehensive critical care including complex multi-system life support for an indefinite period Demonstrated commitment to academic education and research
• LevelIIICU Located in general hospital, undertake more prolonged ventilation Provides a high standard of general intensive care, including complex multisystem life support
• Critical CareNursing A specialty withing nursing that deals specifically with human responses to lifethreatening problems. A multidisciplinary healthcare specialty that cares for special with acute lifethreatening illness or injury
• CriticalIll Patient Physically stable with real or potential life-threatening health problems requiring continuous intensive assessment and intervention.
• Network Infrastructure Devices Are the components of the network that transport communication needed for data applications services and multimedia. These devices include firewalls, switches, serves, domain name systems and storage area networks.
• Physiologic MonitoringSystems Monitor vital physiologic parameters so that clinicians may be informed of the changes in a patient’s condition. They typically consist of several distinct components including a central station, bedside monitors and ambulatory telemetric transmitter and receivers.
• SENSORS These devices detect and responds to some type of input from the physical environment.
• SIGNALCONDITIONS This amplifies or filter the display devices.
• COMPUTERPROCESSOR Analyze data and direct reports Example: Paper and Summary Reports and Storage for Graphic Files
• EVALUATIONORCONTROLLINGCOMPONENTS Regulates the equipment or alerts the nurse. Example: Notice on the Display screen and Alarm Signal
• Hemodynamic Monitor Are safety care of a critically ill patient. It involves using invasive and non-invasive methods to provide information about pump effectiveness, vascular capacity, blood volume and tissue perfusion.