With the continuous progress of high and new technology, a variety of testing and support equipment is widely used in the clinic, the popularization and standardization of ICU wards, and people's understanding of the physiological functions of life is gradually perfected, therefore, the support and protection of failing organs has been improved, so that the success rate of resuscitation of the critically ill has been significantly increased, and many patients with critical illnesses have passed the most difficult moments of their lives with close monitoring and careful treatment and gradually moved towards recovery. Many critically ill patients have passed through the most difficult moments in their lives under close supervision and careful treatment, and are gradually on their way to recovery. At the same time, it also drives and promotes the progress and development of other clinical disciplines.
The Chinese translation of ICU is still not uniform, the mainland is generally translated as "guardianship ward" or "intensive care unit", while in Hong Kong it is translated as "intensive care unit". In Hong Kong, it is translated as "Intensive Care Ward". From the original text, the word "Intensive" seems to be translated as "Strengthening", but the meaning of "Care" can be scrutinized, as it includes the two meanings of "nursing" and "treatment". "Care" with modern conceptual interpretation may be translated as "guardianship". Therefore, some people think that ICU is more accurate to be translated as "intensive care and treatment ward". As a matter of fact, ICU is also characterized by the implementation of extensive and close monitoring of physiological functions, and judgment and treatment accordingly. Regardless of how it is named, the basic purpose of the ICU is to provide higher quality care for critically ill patients. Since ICU is engaged in the most dynamic and at the forefront of medical development of critical care medicine, it has a great pioneering potential, and is able to push forward from theory to clinic and do many things that are difficult to do in ordinary wards. On the other hand, however, no matter how "special" ICU is, it is after all based on medical development, and the meaning of "strengthening" is actually just to condense the existing methods and means, so it is not possible to go beyond the development of the times to do things that medicine has not been able to do so far. Fully understand this point can regulate the behavior of the ICU, but also to relieve some people's doubts and misunderstandings.
ICU is the abbreviation of English Intensive Care Unit, meaning 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 care technology as one of the forms 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 center for the rescue of critically ill patients. how the level of supervision of the ICU, whether the equipment is advanced, has become an important symbol to measure the level of a hospital. China's ICU started late, began in the early 80's, at present domestic hospitals with ICU is not common, but has been paid attention to, it is estimated that the development is very fast. ICU is divided into comprehensive and 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, it is a kind of specialized ICU, and the first C is the abbreviation of coronary heart disease. disease is the abbreviation of coronary heart disease, is specialized in severe coronary heart disease and set up.
The ICU has a central monitoring station that directly observes all monitored beds. Each bed occupies a wide area, and the beds are separated by glass or cloth curtains. ICU is mainly admitted to: ① severe trauma, 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, lungs, liver, kidneys) failure or multi-organ failure; ④ severe shock, sepsis, and toxicity of the patient; ⑤ before and after the transplantation of organs need to monitor and strengthen the treatment of the person. Those who need to be supervised and strengthened before and after organ transplantation. After the condition improves, they are transferred back to the general ward. ICU equipment must be equipped with bedside monitors, central monitors, multifunctional respiratory therapy machines, anesthesia machines, electrocardiographs, defibrillators, pacemakers, infusion pumps, micro-injectors, tracheal intubation and tracheotomy required first aid equipment. In hospitals with better conditions, they are also equipped with blood gas analyzers, microelectronic computers, electroencephalographs, ultrasound machines, bedside wire transfer machines, hemodialyzers, intra-arterial balloon counterpulsators, blood and urine analyzers, blood biochemistry analyzers, and so on. Since ICU is under modern medical equipment for the supervision and treatment of patients with quite critical conditions, the personnel working in ICU must have solid theoretical knowledge of medical fundamentals, rich clinical experience, strong adaptability, and be able to master the operation of complex instruments.
The ICU can provide early and accurate diagnosis, emergency and appropriate treatment for critically ill patients. Therefore, ICU is an excellent battlefield for critically ill patients struggling on the death line.