Sophisticated Intensive Care Unit
The Panama Clinic features a sophisticated Intensive Care Unit (ICU), delivering vital care to critical condition patients and/or in need of continuous monitoring from clinical staff.
It involves close and constant medical care, provided by a team of suitable and qualified healthcare professionals in high complexity medicine, with human kindness, honesty, and responsibility; in addition to delivering state of the art technology for the highest quality standard care. Our team is integrated by intensive care specialist nurses, nurse technicians, physical therapy and rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, critical medicine, and other medical specialties.
Sophisticated Intensive Care Unit
The Panama Clinic features a sophisticated Intensive Care Unit (ICU), delivering vital care to critical condition patients and/or in need of continuous monitoring from clinical staff.
It involves close and constant medical care, provided by a team of suitable and qualified healthcare professionals in high complexity medicine, with human kindness, honesty, and responsibility; in addition to delivering state of the art technology for the highest quality standard care. Our team is integrated by intensive care specialist nurses, nurse technicians, physical therapy and rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, critical medicine, and other medical specialties.
Facilities
“We bring to you a more comfortable and humane ICU”
- Eleven (11) private rooms fitted with natural lighting as key part of our patient’s progress
- Two (2) confinement rooms: one with negative pressure and one with positive pressure
- Comprehensive and advanced monitoring central, direct nursing care, mechanical ventilation support, renal replacement therapy, among others.
Facilities
“We bring to you a more comfortable and humane ICU”
- Eleven (11) private rooms fitted with natural lighting as key part of our patient’s progress
- Two (2) confinement rooms: one with negative pressure and one with positive pressure
- Comprehensive and advanced monitoring central, direct nursing care, mechanical ventilation support, renal replacement therapy, among others.
Services included at the Unit
All patients admitted in the unite receive a comprehensive assessment from the Clinical Nutrition Service.
Timely analysis and processing lab: Sample taking directly at the patient’s bedside, urgent sample analysis, such as arterial gas and POCT* devices (Point of Care Testing).
Portable equipment for images and/or x-rays taken inside patient’s room
State of the art technology equipment looking after patient’s safety: Constant monitoring to patients with ventilation and cardiovascular monitoring equipment, in addition to automated systems for the immediate
General information and recommendations for visitors
The ICU may often times be an overwhelming place, both for the patient and his/her loved ones. Therefore, we provide you with some of the following basic information and recommendations to make your visit a more comfortable one.
Two (2) visitors allowed per patient during visiting hours
Every visitor must wash his/her hands upon entry and exit to and from ICU
Mobile phones are only allowed within the unit upon medical authorization
Remember that alarms are the equipment’s audible signals that help Unit staff monitor our patients.
ICU equipment such as tubes and cables that connect to the patient can seem alarming at first. If you want to know what they are and what they are for, please ask the health personnel to explain
If you are sick, please avoid entering the Unit
Please restrain from bringing natural flowers, latex balloons, or mirrors
The ICU staff will be present during your visit to respond any questions or guide you as you may need.
Generally speaking, you may touch and comfort the patient. It may actually be quite helpful for him/her to hear and recognize familiar voices.
You can bring things to make the patient feel more comfortable such as books, newspapers, toys, etc. Please ask the staff in advance if there is anything you should not bring or enter the unit.
The person you visit may feel sleepy and seem confused. He/she may also seem slightly swollen or have injuries like bruises or wounds; this may be hard for you to see, but our team will make sure to inform you, and to have our patients feel the most comfortable possible.
Important Notice
There may be times when visits are not recommended, according to doctors’ orders.
Many patients may choose not to receive visitors
If medical staff asks you to evacuate the Unit, please do so promptly and in orderly fashion
