Essentials for home ICU Setup

When a family member needs long term ICU care, a lot of doctors and hospitals advice for such care to be provided at home if possible, in case there are no active interventions to be done.

Patients are happier and can heal at home without the threat of hospital-acquired infections. At such crucial times, ICU Setups can be done in your home for patients who might require critical care equipment for a long time.Critical care equipment and maintenance in hospital can get mentally, emotionally and financially taxing and stressful for the patient as well as the entire family.

ICU setup can be arranged at home so that the patient is with the loved ones, can stay in comforted surroundings so that all of this can assist the treatment. Prolonged hospital stays can be stressful and exhausting for both patients and their family. ICU setup at home can result in a helpful tool for  such cases.

What are the essentials of home ICU Setup?

Medical Care Equipments :

ICU setup at home requires advanced and critical advanced medical equipments such as a ventilator, para monitor, ICU bedside monitors, endotracheal tube, intravenous infusion pump, oxygen cylinder, suction machine, alpha mattress, nebulizer, DVT pump, indwelling urinary catheter, syringe driver, resuscitator bag, sequential compression devices, nasogastric tubes etc.Having a constant power supply at home or a backup generator is essential for these devices to run smoothly.

Nurse :

The most important aspect of ICU setup at home is nursing. In ICU setup at home, highly trained, gentle and disciplined nursing staff are essential because patients tend to be helpless in many ways.

Bed Sores care :

The beds that we use at home are not appropriate to nurse an ICU patient at home.There are different types of ICU beds available, and the type to be used at home depends on the patient's condition.There are beds with special overlays, sand, gel, and air mattresses. Then there are beds to accommodate bariatric patients, beds for extensive wounds, beds for spinal immobilization and traction, and beds that rotate patients completely.

Physiotherapy Sessions :

The type of session depends on the condition and mobility of the patient. Even in the case of highly inactive patients, physiotherapy is needed so that they can practice whatever minimal movement they are capable of doing. Physiotherapy helps to improve the flexibility of the body.

Things to keep in mind while setting home ICU Setup:

• Power supply should be continuous for the critical equipment. Also install the available power backups.

• Awareness is very important when you have a critical patient at home as you need to look if there are any signs, when you need to call a doctor.

• ICU rooms have to be cleaned at least twice a day and there should be proper hygiene maintained by visitors and family members at all times.

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