slide 1 This presentation under the course ‘’_______’’, titled as ‘’minimum standards for ICU’’, is being presented by my self __________to sir ___________, so let’s start. slide 2 ICU is a special facility within a hospital, which provides management of those patients who have complex life threatening illness, injuries, etc. there are three levels of ICUs, which are level 1 ICU, level 2 ICU and level 3 ICU, the lower the level, the more operational needs it would have. slide 3 Minimum standards in terms of workload, staff, operation, structure, equipment and monitoring for the different levels of ICUs would be presented here. slide 4 Generic requirements are same for all ICUs: slide 5 The general ICU staff includes: slide 6 The general ICU operation includes the admission, discharge, referral, and evacuation of the critically ill patients. slide 7 The ICU have connection to other facilities of the hospital like emergency, theaters, imaging, cardiology, and trauma centre. slide 8 ICU is not just a room but a collection of rooms, each having a distinct role. Including all these important areas, patient area for patient, working area for the staff while working, temperature controlled environment, medicine room for medicine, seminar room for meetings, equipment room for equipment not in use, offices for medical and nursing staff, general staff facilities, library, laboratory, computing facility to keep the record of equipment in use, waiting area for the relatives , cleaner and secretarial area. slide 9 The general ICU equipment includes ventilators for ventilation, aspirators for suction of liquids, bronchoscopes, slide 10 And pacemakers for pacing of heart, defibrillators for electrical defibrillation, monitors for observation and vascular access slide 11 And drainage system to remove the secretions, infusion pumps for medicine delivery, and beds slide 12 ICU monitoring is the monitoring of critically ill patients. Three main domains of monitoring are respiration which is respiratory rate and capnography, oxygenation which is spo2 and circulation which is pulse rate and arterial blood pressure. slide 13 ICU monitoring is the monitoring of critically ill patients. Three main domains of monitoring are respiration which is respiratory rate and capnography, oxygenation which is spo2 and circulation which is pulse rate and arterial blood pressure. slide 14 There are three distinct levels for ICU, each levels has its own special needs. slide 15 Once again, there is hierarchy for the different ICU levels. slide 16 The major difference is between the operations of level 3 and level 1 ICU, there are four P’s which are protocols, programs, procedures and policies, etc. slide 17 The ICUs are important as it has one of the major application of advanced bioinstrumentation and the staff and equipment both are highly active in patient management. slide 18 All the information presented here is taken from an journal article, titled as ‘’ MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR I

1. Presenter:
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Presented to:
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Minimum standards for icu

2. ICU / LEVELS OF ICU
An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a
specially staffed, equipped, self-
contained area of a hospital dedicated to
the management of patients with life-
threatening illnesses, injuries and
complications, and monitoring of life-
threatening conditions.

3. MINIMUM STANDARDS
Minimum standards are workload, staffing,
operation, structure, equipment and
monitoring for the Intensive Care Units
(ICUs).

4. GENERIC
REQUIREMENTS

5. ICU STAFF
The general
ICU staff
includes:
Medical
Staff
Director
Practitioner
Specialist
Nursing
staff
Senior
In-charge
Educator (1: 50)

6. ICU OPERATION
Admission Discharge
Referral Evacuation
Patient management
within the ICU
includes:

7. ICU STRUCTURE
ICU
Operation
Theaters
Radiology
Interventional
Cardiology
Trauma
Centre
Emergency
Department
ICUs have easy
access to other
departments of
the hospital:

8. ICU STRUCTURE
Patient area Working area Environment
Medicine room Seminar room Equipment room
Medical offices Nursing offices Staff facilities
Library Laboratory Computing facility
Relatives’ area Cleaners’ area Secretarial area

9. ICU EQUIPMENT
VENTILATORS ASPIRATORS BRONCHOSCOPES

10. ICU EQUIPMENT
PACEMAKERS DEFIBRILLATORS MONITORS VASCULAR ACCESS

11. ICU EQUIPMENT
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS INFUSION PUMPS HOSPITAL BEDS

12. ICU MONITORING
Respiration Oxygenation Circulation

13. ICU MONITORING
•Piped gas supply failure alarm
•Oxygen supply failure alarm
•Oxygen analyzer
•Breathing system disconnection
•Humidifier temperature alarm
•Vascular Air Embolism

14. SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS

15. LEVELS OF ICU
Level 3 ICU
Level 2 ICU
Level 1 ICU
Lower ICU levels have:
1. More Workload
2. More Operations
3. Up-to-date Equipment
4. Up-to-date Monitoring

16. OPEARATIONS IN LOWER ICUS
• Patient Care
• Drug Administration
PROTOCOLS
• Infection Control
• Isolation
PROCEDURES
• Research
• Orientation
PROGRAMS
• Mutual Transfer
• Back Transfer
POLICIES

17. CONCLUSION
STANDARDS
HOSPITAL
LEVELS of ICU
PATIENT MANAGEMENT
Injuries
Illness
COMPLICATIONS
MONITORING

18. REFERENCE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
https://www.cicm.org.au/CICM_Media/CICMSite/CICM-Website/Resources/Professional%20Documents/IC-1-
Minimum-Standards-for-Intensive-Care-Units.pdf