ICU (Intensive Care Unit), the Chinese name is Intensive Care Unit or Intensive Medical Unit.
It is the clinical base of the discipline of intensive care medicine, providing timely, systematic and high-quality medical monitoring and treatment techniques for patients with life-threatening dysfunction of one or more organs and systems due to various reasons or with potential high-risk factors, and is a specialized department of the hospital that concentrates on monitoring and treating critically ill patients. Zhang Shaolei, Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
ICU applies advanced diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic equipment and technologies to provide continuous, dynamic qualitative and quantitative observation of the condition and to provide standardized, high-quality life support for critically ill patients through effective interventions to improve the quality of survival.
The level of life support technology for critically ill patients directly reflects the comprehensive treatment capability of the hospital, reflects the overall medical strength of the hospital, and is an important symbol of a modern hospital.
Comprehensive ICU is an independent clinical department and the clinical base of critical care medicine of the whole hospital. According to the scope of hospital specialties and the admission of critical patients, specialized ICUs can be set up to serve specific specialties, such as cardiovascular care unit (CCU), pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), emergency intensive care unit (EICU), respiratory intensive care unit (RICU), etc.