Contents

• Introduction 2
• Indicators for An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Department in a Hospital 2
• Healthcare Manpower 2
• Volume of Procedures 3
• Heart Rate Monitoring and Patient Health 5
• Vital signs of patient monitoring 6
• Coagulation management 6
• Patient Safety Process 7
• Complication of Airway Management in ICU 8
• Intensive care patient and family satisfaction 9
• Mortality Rate 10
• Discharge Outcomes and Self-care 11
• Conclusion 12
• References 13
• Appendices 16
• Appendix 1- Survey Questionnaire for Health Manpower 16
• Appendix 2- Survey Questionnaire for Intensive care patient and family satisfaction 17

Description

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a department where patients are critically ill and require to be cared by multidisciplinary team (Bala et al., 2010). The health condition of the patients in ICU is more complex and can become more seriously ill during the admission. Many of them have to undergo surgical procedure and require more care after the process. This report discusses the different indicators important for ICU and provide the rationale for the same. The report also discusses the data collection approach to measure the effectiveness of the indicators.