About this role
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assessing the patients
- Checking chest x-ray
- Writing progress note or observations care
- Receiving patients from OT
- Shifting stable patients from ITU to Ward as per protocol
- Analyzing ABG & Correcting Electrolytes
- Checking Lab investigations & appropriate action
- Receiving unstable patients from ward and do initial assessment
- Demonstration in BLS/ ACLS/ NALS/ PALS, when patient got arrested
- Inserting CVP line & Monitoring
- Inserting Arterial line & Monitoring
- Inserting Peripheral line & Monitoring
- Inserting Foleys Catheter & checking cardiac output
- Inserting Dialysis Sheath & Monitoring
- Assisting procedures like Tracheostomy, Bronchoscopy
- Inserting Ryle’s tube & checking on Nutrition
- Monitoring of Hemodynamic
- Monitoring Hemodynamics & changing inotropes accordingly
- Weaning the patients from Mechanical Ventilation
- Intubation
- Removal of IABP
- Follow up Medication & Documentation
- Aspects on Hand Hygiene / Infection control in the ICU
- Aspect on Safety of patient in the ICU in different aspects
- NIV application & Monitoring
- Participate in the educational programs for the critical care unit personnel
- Responsible for training ICU nurses to increase their skills in treating critically ill patients
- Participate in monitoring the quality, safety and appropriateness of patient care as requested by the director or designee.
- Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB , ACT & PT INR on POCT devices.
- Performs Allen’s test, draws arterial blood and perform Arterial Blood Gas and Venous Blood Gas analysis for Patient samples.
- Monitors and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports. Informing panic value to treating consultants and document the same.