ICU of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Contributed by Dr Osburga Pik-Kei CHAN, ICU, QEH, 18 November 2010
The picture depicts a board in the entrance of our ICU. We have one such board in each of the two wards of our ICU. Dr Fanny Cheng's Retirement Dinner
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Development of QEH ICU
This photo was taken in the early 80's in the old ICU which has now become a surgical ward. Left to right: Dr Fanny CHENG, Mr. Andrew YEUNG (who is now the General Manager (Nursing) of Caritas Medical Centre).
Set up
In the seventies, there were no intensive care beds in QEH. At that time, Medical C Consultant in-charge, Dr WI Pau, a cardiologist, had the vision that provision of intensive care to critically ill patients is a must in an acute hospital. He did a lot of work before final approval from the Medical & Health Department to develop ICU beds in QEH.
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Mission and Services
Mission
To provide continuous monitoring and life support treatments to patients with potential or established organ failure
To provide a higher level of care and facilities that are not available in the general ward or intermediate care unit
To assure the provision of high quality care with proper utilization of resources and effective communication with the referring doctors
There are totally 16 ICU beds and 2 HDU beds providing intensive care to the critically ill patients of various departments of our hospital.
Location
B6 and D6 wards
Scope of services
1. Invasive haemodynamic monitoring
2. Ventilator support
3. Continuous vasoactive drug infusions
4. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
5. Renal replacement therapy