The intensive care unit (ICU)

The intensive care unit (ICU) at Salem Poly Clinic has medical teams from several specialties and a wide range of technologies to ensure the survival and health of patients who are critically ill.

    The centre is staffed by a team of specialists qualified in critical care management, available round-the-clock. They are supported by an efficient team of trained nurses and paramedical staff. The centre has an ideal patient-nurse ratio of 1:1. Emphasis is placed on intensive training of the support teams in emergency and standard care for patients. The hospital conforms to the international gold standards in every aspect of healthcare.

    All the services are available 24×7 for immediate and accurate diagnosis of the patient’s condition. Each ICU bed is equipped with the most advanced monitoring systems, ventilators and oxygen delivery systems.

The plan of care for the patient is prepared in consensus with the admitting specialist, the patient and the family. Periodic multi-disciplinary briefings on patient’s condition are provided to his/her family.

    Intensive Care Team practices evidence based medicine and follows international protocols and quality indicators like ‘FASTHUG’ to enable good outcomes and decreased hospital stay. The ICU outcomes are monitored with tools like ‘APACHE’ scoring and SMR (Standardized Mortality Ratios) that help the department benchmark outcomes against internationally reputed ICUs. Infection control protocols to prevent healthcare associated infections (HCAI) like ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter related blood stream infection (CRBSI) and catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) are followed rigorously.

    The ICU at Salem Polyclinic, provides retrieval services to patients from other hospitals that do not have similar facilities. It involves transporting critically ill patients from other healthcare facilities in a well-equipped ambulance with a team including an intensivist and an ICU nurse depending on the seriousness of the patient.

At Salem Poly Clinic Intensive Care Units such as
  • Medical and Surgical ICU -13 beds
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – 4 beds
Services offered
  • Continuous monitoring for critically ill or injured patients
  • Life support measures for patients with multi organ failure
  • Post-operative care to critically ill and surgical patients
  • Non-invasive and invasive ventilation
  • Dialysis, percutaneous tracheostomies, chest drain insertions and fiber-optic bronchoscopies
  • Multidisciplinary meetings for complicated patients
  • Retrieval services