Organisation and operation of the Intensive Care Unit
Paideia International Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit has 5 beds, equipped with the most modern and advanced mechanical ventilation systems, multi-parameter monitoring tools, integrated infusion pumps, etc.
The patient’s admission to the ICU can be scheduled thanks to a careful
perioperative risk assessment by the anaesthetist during the preanaesthesia examination, or instability of varying degrees, etc., or may be necessary for emergencies/urgent care, varying degrees of instability, etc.
The Intensive Care Unit is managed 24/7 by anaesthetist resuscitators and professional intensive care nurses.
Admission to intensive care aims to stabilise the cardio-respiratory system, provide support in the case of organ failure, artificial nutrition (parenteral or enteral) and control infection, by means of targeted actions, advanced treatments and
highly-specialised procedures.
The anaesthetist resuscitator also implants devices for medium- to long-term treatment (Port-a-Cath, PICC, CICC, FICC, Midline, etc.) and performs ultra-specialised treatments for pain management.
Decisions are made collectively through discussions with all the specialists involved in intensive care: surgeons, infectious disease specialists, cardiologists, radiologists, neurologists, internists, haematologists.
Even in intensive care, ERAS protocols (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) are followed in most cases: early mobilisation and nutrition, management of post-operative pain and nausea, etc.
