The patient is in the intensive care unit, and it costs thousands of dollars a day. So where did all this money go?

The patient is in the intensive care unit, and it costs thousands of dollars a day. So where did all this money go?

It is impossible for people to eat whole grains without getting sick. If they get sick, they must go to the hospital to see a doctor. For some serious diseases, there will be a place called ICU in the hospital. As we all know, ICU is the abbreviation of intensive care unit. Generally, entering the ICU means that the body has a major illness, and if it is not treated in time, it may be life-threatening. Then the cost of ICU ward is also high. As we all know, ICU in general hospitals costs 3,000-5,000 yuan a day, while ICU in famous big hospitals costs at least 6,000 yuan or even 10,000 yuan a day. So, why do you need so much treatment in ICU for one day?

First of all, ICU uses the most advanced and expensive equipment in the hospital, such as some professional bedside monitors, central monitors, electrocardiographs, pacemakers and blood biochemical analyzers. The cost of electricity, depreciation and cleaning generated by these advanced and expensive medical equipment will eventually be shared with patients, so it is definitely expensive.

Secondly, the drugs used by ICU patients are basically imported drugs, because the condition of critically ill patients in ICU is not optimistic, and most common drugs do not work at all, so expensive imported drugs must be used. For patients with complicated conditions, even blood cells and albumin are needed, and the price can be imagined. Under normal circumstances, the cost of medicine accounts for more than 30% of the patient's expenses, but in the intensive care unit, in order to grasp the patient's real condition in real time, it is natural to do a comprehensive examination every day, which is expensive.

For example, patients with massive bleeding should have their blood coagulation checked every few hours. Diabetes patients must check their blood sugar every hour, including expensive tests such as magnetic resonance imaging and color Doppler ultrasound, and sometimes even twice a day to monitor their condition. In addition, there are many requirements for intensive care in ICU, and the items are basically disposable. For example, ECG, blood pressure and urine volume are all detected at any time and charged by the hour. Disposable items such as infusion pumps, puncture kits, syringes and drainage bags are also expensive.

Finally, even if we have good economic conditions, we can put aside economic factors, but the pain that patients living in ICU have to experience is unbearable for ordinary people. Therefore, we must have the concept of healthy life, insist on physical exercise, reasonable diet, regular physical examination and maintain a healthy body. That's all that matters.