Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

The Department of Critical Care Medicine at PRS Hospital is a tertiary care ICU, comprising 30 Beds (Multidisciplinary ICU + High- dependency ICU or Negative pressure ICU). It is equipped with state of the art facilities that encompasses Advanced hemodynamic monitoring, Mechanical Ventilation and Renal Replacement therapy.

The department has a dedicated Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) service team which provides short term and long term circulatory support for Heart and Lung failure. Critical Care team comprises Specialists from the field of Critical Care Medicine, Infectious Disease, Cardiothoracic surgery, Cardiac Anesthetist, Perfusionist, Respiratory Therapist, ICU Dietician and patient Counsellors for social welfare.

The department is supported by 100+ nursing staff who provide 1:1 nursing care at MDICU and 1:2 nursing care at HDU level continuously at all times.

The Outreach Services are catered for patients that may benefit from intensive care services and Critical Care Medicine input which can be directly obtained by contacting PRS CRITICAL CARE OUTREACH Services. The Outreach services help patients get a whole care from the specialist doctors and the multidisciplinary team and ensure the wellbeing of the patient.