Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Caters for patients specifically with life-threatening cardiac conditions such as a myocardial infarction or a cardiac arrest.

A special intensive care unit dedicated to the management of critically ill elderly.

An intermediate ward for patients who require close observation, treatment and nursing care that cannot be provided in a general ward, but whose care is not at a critical stage to warrant an ICU bed.

An intensive care unit for patients with suspected or diagnosed contagious diseases that require medical isolation.

Cares for neonatal patients who have not left the hospital after birth. Common conditions cared for include prematurity and associated complications, congenital disorders such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or complications resulting from the birthing process.

Patients are treated for brain aneurysms, brain tumours, stroke, rattlesnake bites and post-surgical patients who have undergone various neurological surgeries performed by experienced neurosurgeons require constant neurological exams.

Pediatric patients are treated in this intensive care unit for life-threatening conditions such as asthma, influenza, diabetic ketoacidosis, or traumatic neurological injury.

Provides immediate post-op observation and stabilization of patients following surgical operations and anaesthesia.

A specialized service in larger hospitals that provides inpatient care for critically ill patients on surgical services. As opposed to other ICUs, the care is managed by surgeons or anesthesiologists trained in critical care.

These are found in hospitals certified in treating major trauma with a dedicated trauma team equipped with the expertise to deal with serious complications.