Surgical Intesnive Care Unit
A surgical intensive care unit (SICU) is an area of a hospital in which patients require surgery due to life threatening medical problems of sudden onset and are placed under close monitoring and constant, complicated, detailed nursing and medical care. In other words, the care is extreme or intensive, hence the name Intensive Care Unit. Patients are kept in the SICU for as long as is medically necessary. Types of patients typically found on an SICU include those who have had general surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, bariatric surgery (surgery to reduce obesity), thoracic (chest) surgery, surgery of the urinary system, surgery of the female reproductive system, and ear nose and throat surgery.
The SICU consists of highly specialized and complicated devices and equipment for monitoring patients and for reviving them from apparent death or unconsciousness. The staff in an SICU is educated and trained to provide the specific type of health care needed. The first surgical ICU was established in Baltimore. SICUs are sometimes referred to as Surgical Critical Care (SCC). A specific type of Surgical Intensive Care Unit that involves caring for patients with surgery of the brain and/or spine (neurosurgery) is known as an Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (NSICU).
The SICU consists of highly specialized and complicated devices and equipment for monitoring patients and for reviving them from apparent death or unconsciousness. The staff in an SICU is educated and trained to provide the specific type of health care needed. The first surgical ICU was established in Baltimore. SICUs are sometimes referred to as Surgical Critical Care (SCC). A specific type of Surgical Intensive Care Unit that involves caring for patients with surgery of the brain and/or spine (neurosurgery) is known as an Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (NSICU).
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