What is it?
A specialist in Intensive Care Medicine cares for patients who are critically ill in intensive care units and high dependency units. Intensive care specialists or intensivists are highly trained physicians with specialist training and skills in life support and organ support treatments for patients who are critically ill.
What conditions does it cover?
The most common conditions our experts are called upon to provide an opinion on are:
- Sepsis
- Heart failure
- Enhanced post operative care
- Airway management
- Early Warning Scores
- Recognition of severe illness
- Deteriorating adult patient
- Mechanical ventilation
- Hospital acquired infection
- Delayed/inadequate treatment
- Critical care
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Complications and failures in airway management
While complications of airway management are surprisingly common, most are minor in nature. Major complications are rare, and although they have the potential to be life-threatening, they tend to result in morbidity rather than mortality
