ICU Set Up At Home
An ICU Set Up / Critical Care at Home is a Combination of Multiple Health Care Services designed to cater the “Medical Need of the Patient” in Consultation with the Critical Care Specialist which is mainly the Treating Doctor of the patient . The integrated service is a Combination of Medical Equipment , ICU Trained Nursing , Medically Trained Attendant , Biomedical Engineer , Doctor , Physiotherapist , Speech Therapist , Counselor , Dietician as applicable with the medical condition of the patient or as advice by the treating doctor .
Following are the equipment used for an ICU Set up / Critical Care at home.
Portable Ventilator / BIPAP / CPAP
Oxygen Concentrator / Oxygen Cylinder / Oxygen Jumbo Cylinder
Suction Machine
Cardiac Monitor (Multipara 3 / 5 Function )
DVT Pump with Calf
Nebulizer
Saline Stand
Air Bed (Bubble / Tubular)
Hospital ICU Bed (3/5 Function)
Glucometer
Syringe Infusion Pump
Ambu bag
Air Purifier
Stethoscope
Emergency Medicines
Benefits of ICU Set Up at Home
Cost Efficient: ICU Set Up at Home is approx.. ¾ times Cost Effective as comparison to the ICU at Hospital.
Prevention of Secondary Level Infection : As per the Study published in Indian Journal of Critical Medicin , Vol 19 , Jan 2015 , around 12 % of Patient admitted to ICU at Hospital get infected with Secondary Level / Nosocomial Infections , mainly affecting Lungs , Urinary Tract , Central Venus catheter associated with blood stream infections including Septicemia . Please find below the link of study Click Here
Speedy Recovery at Home : As per the study of NHS Foundation Trust , UK , Patient Recovers fast when at home . So, when you are really sick, hospitals are the place you need to be. But once you are medically stable, you recover much better and faster at home, if you have the right support around you.
Proper Nutrition at Home : As per the study publishes in the ELSEVIR Clinical Nutrition Volume 41, Issue 11, November 2022, which says Nutritional support after hospital discharge improves long-term mortality in malnourished adult medical patients. Please find below the link of study . (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261561422003430)
One to One Care / Monitoring at Home : Focused Monitoring of the patient’s Progress & Medical Outcome with personalized care of Nursing , Attendant , & Doctors at Home will enhance the speedy recovery of the patient at home .
Family Attention & Frequent Travelling hassle : It will take whole attention of the family members to be with the patient at hospital incurring additional costs of travelling & other expenses , at home all these can be avoided & family members can focus on their main job.
A comprehensive Offering of Pathology , Pharmacy , Physiotherapy in addition to ICU Set up