Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
The hospitalisation of patients in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) of St. Luke's Hospital is as less painful as possible for the severely ill, thanks to the given knowledge, experience, modern technological equipment and practices followed, but mainly thanks to its human approach and human-centred character.
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been a key department of St. Luke's Hospital for about thirty years. Its history begins in the early 90s, while from the mid-90s, the operation of the Cardiac Surgery Unit of the ICU begins. In its modern form, the ICU has been operating since 2008, when two identical departments were established, the General ICU and the KCH ICU, as well as the Coronary Unit.
The Units have a capacity of 12 beds each (11 plus 1 isolation), while the Coronary Unit has 7 beds. They are designed and fully equipped according to modern standards and are employed by specialised medical and nursing staff.
The technological equipment (monitors, ventilators, beds, appropriate layers of air pressure, pumps, ultrasound and transoesophageal ECHO) is modern and constantly updated, while the staff stand out for their ethics and empathy.
The long-term knowledge and experience that doctors and nursing staff have acquired both in invasive cardiology and cardiac surgery cases, as well as in other surgeries, make their contribution invaluable and with very high success rates. Success lies both in the survival and in the overall outcome of patients, a fact that is also confirmed in cases with high disease severity scores.
The cases hospitalised in the ICU are too many, while the experience and dedication of the staff is beyond all expectations and doubts:
The experience of the staff in the application of invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation and its widespread use and application, both inside and outside the ICU, should be emphasized, in order to ensure the possibility of the short transfer of patients in need of prolonged respiratory support to special wards outside the ICU.
This is achieved in patients otherwise stabilized through Bipap and the application of a special mask or through tracheostomy and a small portable ventilator, in collaboration with the pulmonologists of the Hospital who release them from mechanical ventilation. This reduces the cost of hospitalisation in the ICU.
In the ICU, in addition to the necessary techniques for the continuous care and extension of the life expectancy of patients, particularly innovative techniques take place, some of which are the following:
The Unit follows standardized nursing and medical operating protocols, which are submitted and checked regularly, in accordance with ISO rules. The staff is in an interactive relationship with the other departments, with the aim of maintaining continuity in the implementation of practices and protocols, in order to ensure continuity in the care and monitoring of patients outside the intensive care department. Finally, there is constant care to update the practices, with modern and daily training of the staff.
The philosophy of the operation of the ICU is anthropocentric, with the ultimate goal of rationally supporting and relieving all patients. Constant attention is paid to the human approach and safeguarding of their dignity. We invest in the continuous care of patients, with the ultimate goal of completely avoiding complications of their hospitalisation, in compliance with strict asepsis-antisepsis protocols and cleanliness of spaces, staff and patients.
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