Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine (CCM) is a specialty that involves the management of patients with life threatening, frequently complex medical and surgical illnesses in a specialized Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or similar facility. These critically ill patients may have dysfunction or failure of one or more organ systems, including the cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, liver, kidney or gastrointestinal systems.

CRITICAL CARE SERVICES

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Intubation
HFNC

Mechanical Ventilation

Invasive ventilation
Non Invasive ventilation
Prone position ventilation
Lung protective ventilation
Arterial blood gas analysis
Central line insertion
Vascular access for haemodialysis
Percutaneous tracheostomy
Utrasound guided procedures ( Paracentesis, Thoracocentesis, Pericardiocentesis ,Abdominal screening E.FAST, Echo screening)
Lumbar Puncture
Intercostals drain placement
Monitored anaesthetic care for all invasive purposes
Patient counselling
Enteral and paraenteral nutrition
Plasmapheresis
Cytokine filtration