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PRINCIPLE S OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING
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INTRODUCTION
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses defines critical care nursing as the 'specialty within nursing that deals specifically with human responses to life threatening problems
CRITICAL CARE UNIT
Intensive care medicine or critical care medicine is concerned with providing greater than ordinary medical care and observation to people in a critical or unstable condition.
People requiring intensive care include those after major surgery, with severe head trauma, life-threatening acute illness, respiratory insufficiency, coma, haemodynamic insufficiency, severe fluid imblance or with the failure of one or more of the major organ systems (life-critical systems or others).
ANTICIPATIONTHE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN CRITICAL CARE
ONE HAS TO RECOGNIZE THE HIGH RISK PATIENTS AND ANTICIPATE THE REQUIREMENTS COMPLICATION AND BE PREPARED TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY BY ORGANIZING THE UNIT WITH ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENTS .