Critical cardiac care
Critical Cardiac Care
A specialised environment for patients whose heart condition requires continuous monitoring and intensive multidisciplinary care.
- Capacity
- 30 cardiac critical care beds
- Monitoring
- Continuous, around the clock
- Team
- Cardiology, critical care & nursing
- Families
- Regular structured updates
Who is cared for in cardiac critical care?
- Patients with a heart attack or unstable chest pain
- Acute or worsening heart failure
- Dangerous heart rhythm disturbances
- Close observation after selected cardiac procedures
30-bed cardiac critical care capacity
Capacity dedicated to critically ill cardiac patients.
Continuous monitoring
Cardiac rhythm and vital-sign monitoring around the clock.
Multidisciplinary medical team
Cardiology, critical care and allied specialties working together.
Specialised nursing care
Nursing trained for the cardiac critical care environment.
Infection prevention and control
Hand hygiene, aseptic technique and environmental controls.
Patient safety practices
Identification, medication safety and procedural checklists.
Family communication
Structured updates and a defined point of contact.
Escalation pathways
Defined response to clinical deterioration.
Discharge planning and continuity
Planning begins early and continues into follow-up.
The critical care patient pathway
- 1Emergency / referral
- 2Clinical assessment
- 3Diagnostic evaluation
- 4CCU admission if indicated
- 5Continuous monitoring
- 6Specialised treatment
- 7Clinical stabilisation
- 8Discharge planning
- 9Follow-up
- 10Rehabilitation & prevention
Questions patients ask
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