What is the meaning of the abbreviation CU in ICU about hospital wards~?

ICU is the abbreviation of English Intensive Care Unit, which means Critical Intensive Care Unit. Intensive medical care is with the development of medical and nursing profession, the birth of new medical equipment and the improvement of the hospital management system and the emergence of a set of modern medical and nursing technology as a form of medical organization and management. Small and medium-sized hospitals are a ward, and large hospitals are a special department, where critically ill patients are centralized and given the best protection in terms of manpower, material resources and technology with a view to obtaining good treatment results.

ICU has a history of more than 30 years in the world, has become a hospital in the rescue center of the critically ill. ICU custody level, whether advanced equipment, has become an important measure of the level of a hospital. &127;China's ICU started late, began in the early 80s, at present the domestic hospital with ICU is not common, &127;but has been paid attention to, estimated that the development of a very fast. ICU and divided into comprehensive ICU specialized ICU (such as burns ICU, cardiovascular surgery ICU, neonatal ICU, etc.).CCU is a kind of specialized ICU, the first C is the abbreviation of Coronary heart disease&127; which is specialized for severe coronary heart disease.

The ICU has a central monitoring station that directly observes all monitored beds. Each bed occupies a wide area, &127; beds separated by glass or curtains.ICU main admission object is: ① severe trauma, &127; after major surgery and must be continuous close monitoring of vital indicators and supporters; ② the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ③ an organ (including the heart, brain, &127; lungs, liver, kidneys) function failure or multi-organ failure; ④ severe shock, sepsis and poisoning patients; &127; ⑤ organ transplantation before and after the need to monitor and strengthen the treatment. After the condition improved, they were transferred back to the general ward.

ICU equipment must be equipped with bedside monitors, central monitors, multifunctional respiratory therapy machine, anesthesia machine, &127; ECG machine, defibrillator, pacemaker, infusion pumps, micro-injectors, tracheal intubation and tracheotomy required first aid equipment. In the better hospitals, there are also blood gas analyzers, micro-computers, EEG machines, B&127;ultrasound machines, bedside X-ray machines, hemodialyzers, intra-arterial balloon counterpulsation, blood and urine analyzers, &127;blood biochemistry analyzers and so on. Because the ICU is in the present medical equipment for the condition of quite critical patients under the supervision and treatment, &127; therefore, the personnel working in the ICU, must have a solid theoretical knowledge of medical fundamentals, have a wealth of clinical experience, &127; strain ability, and can master the operation of complex instruments.

ICU can make the critical patients get early and accurate diagnosis, emergency and appropriate treatment.