How much does an intensive care unit (ICU) cost per day?

The cost per day in the ICU is about two thousand to twenty thousand, while most cost between six thousand and ten thousand.

1. Ventilator.

The ventilator is commonly used for respiratory failure, anesthesia respiratory management during major surgery, respiratory support therapy and emergency resuscitation, and is one of the most common instruments in the ICU.

It costs about $300 a day for endotracheal intubation, $350 for ventilator tubing, $550 for ventilator application and monitoring, and $250 for related care and suctioning.

2, ECMO.

ECMO full name "artificial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation", that is, "artificial lung" and "artificial heart", the role is very powerful. It is very powerful.

Today, ECMO has saved countless patients, but it is very expensive.

ECMO costs $60,000 to start and about $1,000 a day.

3. Hemofiltration machines.

The hemofiltration machine, also known as the "artificial kidney", can accurately control the amount of liquid out of the patient, quickly regulate the patient's internal environment, but also do plasma replacement, ICU is very representative of the therapeutic artifacts.

It's price is not something that the average person can afford, with a cost of 8,000 yuan for the first day and 7,000 yuan per day thereafter, which can be considered a black hole for money.

The medical equipment on the ICU is much more than that, and each has a different role to play.

But they all have a **** same point, that is, the price is not the average person can afford.