Overview

      The Intensive Care Unit Department provides intensive care for critically ill patients who require close monitoring or patients with life-threatening illnesses and injuries. The department is equipped with advanced life support and emergency equipment and comprised of medical specialists and nurses who are available to provide 24-hour care and immediate treatment.

Services

      The Intensive Care Unit provides care for critically ill patients according to the scope of services outlined below.

• Provide treatment to critically ill patients requiring immediate endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
• Provide treatment to critically ill patients with cardiovascular diseases who require close observation and monitoring of heart rate
• Provide treatment to critically ill patients with circulatory system diseases who require close monitoring
• Provide treatment to critically ill patients with neurological diseases who require close observation
• Provide treatment to critically injured patients or patients with severe postoperative complications
• Provide treatment to patients with severe injuries such as bone fracture and internal organ damage
• Provide treatment to critically ill patients with obstetric and gynecological complications who require close monitoring
• Provide treatment to patients who require close monitoring according to a physician’s recommendation

      Patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit may include critically ill or injured patients from the emergency room (ER), inpatient ward, or operating room and patients referred from other hospitals. Decisions regarding admission are made by physicians in each field. Patients with suspected STEM or NSTEMI should be referred to the Intensive Care Unit by ER nurses. In the event that all six critical care beds are fully occupied, the corresponding physician or hospital director will evaluate the severity of ICU patients and those with lower illness severity will be discharged to create additional beds for new patients with more severe conditions.

      Decisions to discharge patients from the Intensive Care Unit are made by the corresponding physicians. Discharged patients may include those who have recovered from critical illnesses or are ready to be weaned from mechanical ventilation or intubation, deceased patients, patients requesting their own discharge, and referred patients.

Hours

      Open daily, 24 hours a day

Contact Information

      Intensive Care Unit Department, 3^rd Floor, Phitsanulok Hospital

      Telephone : 055 909 888