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We often encounter the terms ER, IGD, PICU, ICU in hospitals, both government and private. Unfortunately, many people are still confused about the differences and functions of these types of treatment facilities. If you are one of them, the following reviews might help you to understand the difference between PICU, ICU, ER and IGD.
Know the difference between PICU, ICU, ER and IGD
ER and ER
Many people consider the ER (emergency unit) and IGD (emergency room) to be the same two treatment facilities. Though not so. The ER and IGD are indeed health service places to handle emergency patients. However, ER and ER are two different things.
The ER has a smaller scope than the ER. The ER is usually located in a small hospital while the ER is in a larger hospital with more doctors on duty. The doctor on duty in the ER is usually a general practitioner. Meanwhile, the doctor on duty in the ER usually involves not only a general practitioner, but also a specialist.
Even so, both the ER and IGD have the same principles of handling. Emergency patients who come to the hospital will immediately receive treatment from the doctor on duty until their condition improves. After getting better, the patient will generally be transferred to an inpatient room that has been determined by the doctor.
ICU
Intensive Care Unit aka ICU is care in a hospital that is devoted to adult patients with life-threatening conditions. Most of the procedures performed in the ICU ward are aimed at saving patients from permanent disability, which they fear could affect how they carry out their daily activities. In fact, in many cases, procedures performed in the ICU are devoted to saving patients from death. Therefore, patients who are in critical condition or mental illness will usually be monitored intensively with special equipment by skilled and trained medical personnel.
There will be many possibilities that could happen in the ICU. Well, this is the reason why medical personnel who are assigned to stand guard in the ICU are required to be able to take critical medical treatment with a high level of alertness. Medical personnel who are assigned to guard duty in the ICU must be ready if at any time a patient needs help.
TRIGGER
PICU stands for pediatric intensive care unit. Unlike the ICU, the PICU is part of a hospital care facility that is devoted to children ranging in age from 1 month to 18 years. In this treatment, children with severe or critical conditions will receive intensive care and continuous monitoring from medical personnel.
Usually medical personnel will provide therapy that may not be available in the hospital treatment room in general. Some of these more intensive therapies include placing a ventilator (breathing machine) on the patient, as well as administering certain drugs that can only be given under close medical supervision. In many cases, children who have had major surgery will be admitted to the PICU for a few days.
