Intensive Respiratory Care Unit With (IRCU) of Adult, Pediatric & Neonatal Ventilators

Our Respiratory Intensive Care Unit aims to provide greater clinical control (constant monitoring of cardiovascular functions), ventilator support, if required, and most especially a greater level of nursing care. They are thus highly specialized facilities with highly qualified medical, nursing and rehabilitation personnel suitably trained to offer the patient, through a multidisciplinary approach, the prospect of recovering, even partially, their autonomy.

Target patients under this unit are typically those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic respiratory failure (CRF).

The Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) is a section of the Pulmonology and Respiratory Rehabilitation departments; and is in a suitably well-lit and spacious environment equipped with centrally controlled systems for oxygen delivery, air-suction and air-conditioning.

Patients here usually require constant monitoring and care aimed at complete weaning from a mechanical ventilator or at correcting a severe state of acute respiratory failure

 In this unit, the monitoring techniques usually employed are prevalently noninvasive, and “noninvasive” ventilation is the preferred option.

 The Unit serves patients of all ages from infants to adults with specified and modern ventilators benefitting the various age groups

The main areas of intervention are:

• Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation and Interdisciplinary Assessment
• Weaning from prolonged use of Mechanical Ventilation(MV)
• Clinical Monitoring
• Assessment and preparation of patients eligible for Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV)
• Medical and Nursing Care

An organized approach for the management of acute respiratory failure in an intensive Respiratory l care unit utilizes a team of consultants, including a general physician, a surgeon, respiratory care nurses, physical therapists and a blood gas technician. And this team provides consultation and technical assistance in respiratory care and provides the equipment as well as the monitoring of care, in the management of acute respiratory emergencies.

 This unit is characterized by a higher autonomy than the monitoring units because of the higher level of care, equipment and expertise in the management of the artificial airways by the medical staff. Consequently, patients with acute on chronic respiratory failure of any degree of severity are admitted to this unit.