The Unit provides intensive care for Royal Family/Protocol patients who:
- Have one or more systems in failure and need observation and/or active management such as circulatory failure requiring massive volume expansion and/or vasoactive medications and invasive monitoring.
- Have respiratory failure and require supportive measures to cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonary medicine, endocrinology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, neurosciences, pediatrics, ENT, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and orthopedics.
- Have CNS instability, such as status epilepticus or increased ICP and require active management
Services include:
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Mechanical ventilation
- Cardiac monitoring
- Hemodialysis
- Continuous renal replacement therapy
- IV therapy
- Fluid and electrolyte balance and replacement
- Blood and blood component administration
- Airway management
- Skin and respiratory care
- Pain management, patient controlled analgesia, epidural analgesia
- Administration of Inotropes and vasoactive agents
- Emergency resuscitation procedures
- Management of post-operative drains and wound care
- Safety management
- Infection control
- Chemotherapy
- Hypothermia protocol
- MAAS scoring
- BIS monitoring
- Sedation vacation
- Psychosocial care
- Intra-abdominal monitoring
- Plasmapheresis
- Tracheostomy care
- Nutritional care TPN / enteral feeds
- Bedside bronchoscopy/endoscopy
- Bedside percutaneous tracheostomy
- ICP / EVD monitoring
- CERNER/ICIS system
- PACS system
- PYXIS medication administration system
- ICG monitoring system
- Vigileo monitoring
- Coolguard hypothermia system
- Patient / significant other education
- Rapid response team
Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Current registration as a professional registered nurse.
Eligible for registration with Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
Minimum of two (2) years of current clinical nursing experience following licensure/registration in the country of origin.
