Department of Critical care and Emergency Medicine

Doctors

Emergency Medicine deals with the diagnosis and management of urgent healthcare needs. It covers both acute and urgent aspects of illnesses affecting patients of all age-groups. The Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Kingsway Hospital is equipped with well-trained doctors ably assisted by a dedicated team of nurses and paramedic staff in handling the entire spectrum of medical emergencies round the clock. Combining cutting-edge technology and the highest levels of clinical excellence, our emergency care specialists provide the best-in-class treatment for patients admitted into this department.

Our emergency response physicians frequently treat a wide range of illnesses and life-threatening diseases including heart attacks, strokes, fractures, accidents and overdoses. When a patient is admitted to our emergency departmet, he/she is immediately examined by a doctor to ascertain the extent of seriousness of the afflicting condition. Those with life-threatening diseases are immediately put on ventilators and efforts are made to stabilize the patient through suitable measures such as chest compressions, shocks, stemming of any bleeding etc.

We recognize the importance of Golden Hour in which the chances of saving a patient’s life is maximum and aim to provide the right kind of treatment within this time to afford the optimum outcome for the patient.

Our state-of-the-art Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine takes care of a wide variety of conditions that fall under its purview, including:

Burns
Unconsciousness
Open wounds
Broken bones
Fever, cough and related ailments
Accidents which have occurred at home or at the workplace
Drug overdose or consumption of poison
Sudden loss of sensory faculties, such as inability to see, hear, touch, smell or taste.
Seizures
Difficulty in breathing
Chest Pain

SERVICES

24*7 ambulance services
Stabilization and Resuscitation
Outpatient services
Poly trauma
Accident & Emergencies
Hemoglobin test
Prothrombin time test
Emergency airway management
Rapid sequence intubation
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life
Support(BLS)
Capnography
Lumbar Puncture (LP)
Shoulder dislocation
Closure of minor and major skin wounds
Treatment of musculoskeletal injuries
Fetal heart rate assessment
Temporary Cardiac Pacing
Treatment of skin abscesses
Central venous access and Peripheral venous access

Our emergency staterooms are well-equipped with a multidisciplinary trauma team available at all times who provide evidence-based treatment adhering to international standards of healthcare and follow established, tried and tested procedures and protocols. We also offer services such as blood transfusions, and antibiotics administering to the outpatient department on a case-by-case basis.