intensive care
Constant medical monitoring
Intensive care is the specialized medical treatment provided to patients whose conditions are life-threatening or require constant monitoring.
An intensive care unit, often abbreviated ICU, is the hospital department equipped for this purpose, staffed around the clock with specially trained nurses and physicians.
She spent three days in intensive care after the accident.
The term implies both the severity of a patient's condition and the heightened level of attention and resources devoted to their survival.
Acute care ward
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- life supportSystems maintaining vital functions
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
sedation · critical condition · organ failure · sepsis · respiratory · cardiac · dialysis · tracheostomy
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- ERAcute care department
first responders · medevac · 911 · casualty · life-threatening · critical · urgent · airlift
Ongoing observation of something
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
around-the-clock · continuous · vital signs · readiness · attention · diligence · scrutiny · oversight
ICU
Acute care ward
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- life supportSystems maintaining vital functions
- intubationPlacing airway tube
monitoring · sedation · critical condition · organ failure · sepsis · respiratory · cardiac · dialysis · tracheostomy · vasopressors
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
ER · first responders · medevac · 911 · casualty · life-threatening · critical · urgent · airlift · golden hour
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
watchfulness · around-the-clock · continuous · vital signs · readiness · attention · diligence · scrutiny · oversight · precaution
unit
Individual part or measure
physicians · rounds · admission · discharge · charting · sterile · recovery · visiting hours · bedside · monitors
neonatal
Of earliest infancy
cardiac · coronary · burn unit · trauma · surgical · neurological · incubator · preemie · congenital · postoperative
- gezondheidszorgarts, diagnose, specialist, ambulance, consult
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
- hospital facilitiesemergency rooms, ICUs, operating rooms, patient rooms, surgical suites
intensive careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
outpatient care · ambulatory care · routine care · home care · independent living
intensive carestable condition
Neither worsening nor improving
routine care · preventive care · wellness care · palliative care · chronic care
care, intense, intensity, intensify, intensive, intensified, intensifying, intenser