Registered Nurse - Liver ICU/ HDU
Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
Scope of Service: Liver ICU & HDU
HOURS OF OPERATION: 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
No. of Beds: 26
Scope of Service: L-10 Liver ICU & HDU
No. of Beds: 34
L-10 LIVER ICU & HDU provides care for surgical patients aged 14 years and above requiring intensive management and observation following major surgery as well as any patient post-operatively with an underlying medical condition requiring close monitoring and active intensive care management. Moreover, L10 caters to specialty surgical procedures such as liver, renal, lung, simultaneous kidney/ pancreas transplant, HIPEC, and craniotomy post-o care.
(HDU beds 14 and 16) Patients admitted to L-10 HDU must have no need for mechanical ventilation, with stable hemodynamic status with no need for vasoactive medication, no active bleeding, not require massive fluid resuscitation or frequent electrolyte replacement.
Services include:
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring (EV1000, PiCCO, Vigelio)
- Nursing care for mechanically ventilated patient
- Hemodialysis (Not by ICU)
- Continuous renal replacement therapy (CiCa)
- IV therapy/ cannulation
- Fluid and electrolyte monitoring and replacement
- Blood and blood products administration and management
- Airway management
- Management of ECMO patients (VV, VA)
- Pain management, patient-controlled analgesia, epidural analgesia, and paravertebral analgesia
- Administration of inotropes and vasoactive agents
- Emergency resuscitation procedures/ code coverage
- Management of post-operative drains and wound care (VAC machines)
- Safety management
- Infection control
- Chemotherapy/ cytotoxic agents’ administration and handling.
- Psychosocial/ Spiritual care
- Intra-abdominal pressure monitoring
- Plasmapheresis
- Tracheostomy care
- Nutritional care – Parenteral Nutrition / Enteral Feeding
- Skincare
- Bedside invasive procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, TEE, percutaneous tracheostomy, thoracentesis, Lumbar puncture, paracentesis, biopsy, CVC, arterial line, Quinton insertion
- Chest drain insertion, management, and troubleshoots
- Hypothermia protocol
- Administration of sedation and neuromuscular blockade agents
- RASS scoring
- Sedation protocol
- Sedation vacation SAT/SBT
- BIS monitoring
- Train of Four monitoring(TOF)
- ICP, EVD monitoring
- Free flap monitoring
- Patient / significant other education
- CERNER/ ICIS systems
- PACS system
- Pyxis medication administration system
- Smart pumps management
- ACT/ POCT monitoring
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