What is an Intensive Care Unit (ICU)?

There are several different types of Units in hospitals that offer care to those patients that are seriously ill. You will hear terms such as 'Intensive Care Units', 'Coronary Care Units', High Dependency Units' and even 'Specialised Intensive Care Units'. Indeed some units combine these functions.

This page aims to eliminate some of the confusion that might result from these different terms. Please click on the links below to answer the following questions:

Definitions

There are several different types of Units in hospitals.

Locations

A Listing of Hospitals by Location.

Team

The Intensive Care team consists of many different, highly trained staff.