i'm a medical student going to begin their core rotations and have some interest in critical care.
1)I was wondering what the difference with ccu, micu, and sicu. Like what kind of patients are in each unit and when a patient ends up there. Plus I heard different doctors staffs each kind of unit.
2) So can a surgeon or anesthesiologist who is a critcal care specialist take care of a patient who is in the micu,
3) or vice versa, as in, can medicine with critical care training, see patients in the sicu?
4)and who takes care of ccu patients?
5) and the meaning of a closed or open unit?
1)I was wondering what the difference with ccu, micu, and sicu. Like what kind of patients are in each unit and when a patient ends up there. Plus I heard different doctors staffs each kind of unit.
2) So can a surgeon or anesthesiologist who is a critcal care specialist take care of a patient who is in the micu,
3) or vice versa, as in, can medicine with critical care training, see patients in the sicu?
4)and who takes care of ccu patients?
5) and the meaning of a closed or open unit?