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The Moncton Hospital's Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has approximately 12 beds that are designated for medical and surgical patients who require intensive and specialized care. The unit is located on the fifth floor of the hospital and cares for approximately 950 patients each year.
Patients admitted to the Medical/Surgery ICU have a wide variety of diagnoses, including:
- Post vascular surgery (i.e. a bypass graft or an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair)
- Post thoracic surgery
- Bowel surgery
- Thrombolysis (a treatment that gets rid of formed blood clots)
- Orthopedic surgery
- Trauma patients requiring intensive care
- Medical patients with severe ketoacidosis (diabetic complication)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Respiratory failure
- Pneumonia
- Drug overdoses
- Burn patients
The ICU patients and their families are cared for by a team of specialized care providers, including nurses, physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, social workers, infection control, respiratory therapists, pastoral care, clerical staff and ward aids.
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Medical and surgical patients requiring critical and specialized care are admitted to The Moncton Hospital's Medical/Surgery Intensive Care Unit.
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