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Which is the full form of cpu ?

The full term for ICU is the Intensive Care Unit. It is a special hospital department that provides patients suffering from severe accident or disease with critically-needed medications and intensive care. Patients suffering from the most serious as well as life-threatening illnesses or injuries that require continuous and constant surveillance by a team comprised of nurses and specialists are treated in intensive care units. The ICU team is trained in caring for patients that are seriously ill or badly injured. It is also a place for patients who are seriously injured or sick. ICU is also recognized for its role as CCU (Critical Care Unit) or ITU (Intensive Treatment Unit).

Conditions and injuries that require different ICU treatment

In ICUs, there are often staffsuch as respiratory therapy professionals, physicaltherapists, pharmacists, anaesthesia specialists and so on.

• Heart problems that are severe Heart attack, for example, extremely low blood pressure.
• The respiratory system is a major cause of complications in asthma or chronic pneumonia.
• Situations that are unexpected and require operation and urgent intervention.
• People who are in a coma need treatment in ICU
• Liver complications and kidney problems required dialysis.
• After a major operation or surgery, patients require care in ICU.
• For infants who are born early or are born with severe illnesses There is an ICU and it is identified as NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).

Medical equipment available in ICU division

An ICU is filled with different medical instruments. A few of that are listed below.

• Dialysis machine
• Infusion Pump
• Patient Monitor
• Electrocardiogram(ECG)
• Syringe Pump
• Mechanical ventilators
• Suction tubes
• Feeding tubes
• Anesthesia Machine
• External pacemakers
• Blood Warmer
• Defibrillator, etc.

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What's the complete form of ICU

ICU: Intensive Care Unit

ICU refers to the Intensive Care Unit. It is an exclusive department within a hospital which provides the most intensive medical care as well as life support for patients who are suffering from an injury or illness. The units that provide intensive care care take care of the patients who suffer from the most serious and life-threatening injury or illness which require constantand closely monitored by a team of specialized doctors and nurses. This team is trained in the treatment of seriously wounded or seriously ill patients. Patients may be transferred directly to ICU in an ambulance department should they require it. It is usually done if the condition of the patient is constantly declining.

ICU is equipped with different medical equipments, some which include:

• Mechanical ventilators
• Dialysis machine
• External pacemakers
• Syringe Pump
• Infusion Pump
• ECG ( Electrocardiogram)
• Defibrillator
• Anesthesia Machine
• Blood Warmer
• Patient Monitor
• Feeding tubes, suction tubes etc.

ICUs also are equipped with their own staff members like physical respiratory therapists, therapists, anesthesia specialist and pharmacists and others.

Injuries as well as illnesses who require treatment treatment in the ICU:

• Severe heart problems like heart attack, severe poor blood pressure.
• Respiratory system problems caused by asthma or pneumonia.
• The cases that happen accidentally require major surgery and immediate action.
• Patients in Coma.
• Kidney problems and Liver cases that require dialysis.
• After a major surgery.

There is an ICU for babies were born prematurely or who have serious illnesses. It is called neonatal intensive medical unit (NICU).

ICU is sometimes referred to by the name of Intensive Therapy Unit or Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) or Critical Care Unit (CCU). One of the first ICU physician to be a doctor was Peter Safar.

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