The Unit provides intensive care to patients aged 14 years and above with medical and oncologic conditions who:
- Respond to cardio-respiratory arrest resuscitation.
- 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.
- Are in respiratory failure and require supportive measures, such as endotracheal intubation with mechanical ventilation.
- Have CNS instability, such as status epilepticus or increased ICP and require active management
No. of Beds: 29
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
- Spiritual care
- ICP / EVD monitoring
- Patient / significant other education
- Rapid response team
- 100K Lives campaign
- CERNER/ICIS system
- PACS system
- PYXIS medication administration system
- ICG monitoring system
- Vigileo monitoring
- Coolguard hypothermia system
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.
