Intensive Care Units

Intensive care units are areas equipped with advanced technology, providing uninterrupted 24-hour care for critically ill patients with impaired vital functions, providing vital support. In addition to their advanced technological infrastructure, they have an extremely important place in the provision of health services as units where multidisciplinary approaches are intensively applied. At the following units of our hospital, which have vital importance;

• Surgery intensive care unit
• Internal diseases intensive care
• Coronary intensive care unit
• Cardiovascular intensive care unit
• Neonatal intensive care unit

Effective and high quality vital support and treatment services are provided with the support of all surgical and internal branches, advanced technology laboratories and imaging (computerized tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasonography and similar) centers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What is the 3rd line intensive care unit?

In intensive care, patients are divided into 3 steps according to the severity of their condition. Primary care patients constitute the lightest patient group, while 3rd line patients represent the most severe patient group. In order to be able to treat the most severe patient group, the hospital must meet certain conditions. In order to meet these conditions, doctors must also be present in certain branches. In addition, the hospital has to fulfill some physical conditions and have some advanced technology devices. Since our hospital meets all the conditions, 3rd step services are provided.

Who are the patients who require 3rd line service?

3rd line care patients often have advanced problems such as multiple organ failure, coma, shock. For the treatment of these organ failures, it is necessary to use high-tech devices. These devices include dialysis devices for kidney failure, balloon pumps inserted into the aorta for heart failure, artificial heart-lung devices, breathing devices, as well as many others. The vital functions of such patients are monitored instantaneously with advanced monitoring. In addition, 3rd line patients need the treatment of more than one branch doctor. Because besides the main problem, there may be many concomitant diseases. Service in intensive care should be provided continuously for 24 hours.

Being able to provide the best care to tertiary care patients requires a team effort. The cornerstones of this team are intensive care nurses and doctors. In our hospital, doctors provide treatment by staying in the hospital personally for 24 hours for intensive care service. Tracking from home is out of the question. In addition, all academic staff, including professors, are included in this seizure event, not just experts. The best service is given with the best staff, equipment and planning.