CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Critical Care at Sugam Hospital integrates various specialities and diverse technologies cutting across the traditional department divisions and draws from a wide range services including Anesthesiology, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, etc. This unit with its multi speciliaty approach offers a fresh lease of life for the critically ill. All areas of the CCU work towards this goal and definitive nurses training, standardising care, managing in-hospital environment and terminal care aid the superior functioning.

The focus at CCU is high quality care to the critically ill with the members of the CCU routinely providing consultation and monitoring treatment. They work closely with the primary consultant and provide the best care. Sugam CCU treats patients with Cardiac, Medical, Surgical, Paediatric and Neurological ailments.

THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT IS DEMARCATED INTO THE FOLLOWING AREAS
  • Medical
  • Surgical
  • Pediatric
  • Cardiac
  • Neuro
  • Toxicology Unit
  • High Dependency Unit
  • Cardiac & Neuro Emergencies
THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT IS FULLY EQUIPPED WITH THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENTS
  • Invasive and Non-invasive ventilators
  • Defibrillators
  • Dialysis unit
  • Portable X-Ray
  • Ultrasound
  • ECG
  • Echocardiogram
  • ABG
  • Fully automated Cots
  • Water bed/ Alpha bed
  • Syringe/ Infusion pumps
  • Multi power monitors

SUGAM’S CRITICAL CARE UNIT REGULARLY HANDLES THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCIES

  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Arrhythmias
  • Pericardial disorders
  • Hypertensive emergencies
  • Hanging
  • Burns
  • Hypovolemia
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  • Acute Severe Asthma
  • Respiratory failure
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Haemo/Pneumothorax
  • Stroke/CVA
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Acute Kidney Injury/Renal Failure
  • Electrolyte imbalances
  • Anaphylaxis
  • GI Bleeding
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • Acute Abdomen
  • All type of Diabetic Trapic Ulcers
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • All types of all stage of Sepsis
  • Fat/Air/Embolism
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Peripheral Vascular Disease
ICU INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
  • USG - Guided Pleurocentesis
  • USG - Guided Percutaneous Nephrostomy
  • USG - Guided - Decking Emphysema liver
  • USG - Guided - Supra Pubic bladder catheterisation
  • USG - Guided - Central line
    • Haemodialysis catheter
    • IBP's
    • Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
    • Perma Catheter
    • Nerve blocks
    • Other tapping procedures
  • Temporary pacemaker
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Bed side percutaneous tracheostomy
SERVICES
  • Full time physiotherapy
  • Music therapy
  • Competent participant of MOSAIC II Study among hospitals of South East Asian countries
  • Biggest ICU in North Chennai
  • One of the busiest ICU in Chennai
  • Full time - Cardiologist
    • Intensivist
    • Anaesthetist
    • Emergency physician