Patient
FAQs
Questions you should ask?
The following is a list of some of the questions you may need to ask when visiting an Intensive Care Unit:
Nurse/Patient Ratio
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/09/2008 - 19:52.
13/02/04
Can anyone give a guide or standard, if it is written, for safe nurse/patient ratios for:
1. ICU patients
2. HDU patients
3. CCU patients
NUM Level 5 (NSW) Metropolitan
Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/09/2008 - 13:02.Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
A patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pump delivers pain relief medication to a patient through an intravenous cannula when they push a button. A PCA pump is usually used for patients after they have had an operation. PCA are not common in Intensive care as patients must be fully conscious to use them properly
PCA Pump
Urinary Catheter, insertion of
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/09/2008 - 11:14.Insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter
Urinary catheterisation is the process of inserting a catheter (hollow tube) into the bladder for the purpose of draining urine. You may hear this catheter being called an ‘IDC’.
