Neonatal / Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

The Pediatric / Neonatal intensive care unit is a mixed unit, comprising of 8 beds and one isolation bed. It is located on the second floor of the hospital. The unit is looked after by a team comprising of a Pediatric intensivist, pediatric consultants, post graduate pediatric trainees (DNB), PICU/NICU trained nurses and hospital assistants.

SPARROW: Safe Pediatric Acute Response and Retrieval On Wheels

This critical care transport service is an initiative of the pediatric intensive care unit which started in the year 2022. This is a retrieval services which performs level 3 transport within Dimapur. The transport is carried out by a team comprising of an PALS trained nurses and medics. The SPARROW is well equipped with an ALS ambulance, transport ventilator, and a crash bag comprising of all acute care equipments and drugs.

Other Special services:

Well baby clinic / immunization clinic: Wednesday and Saturday
Pediatric Chest and asthma Clinic: Tuesday (Dr. Wonashi).
Pediatric seizure clinic: Thursday (Dr. Sulanthung).
Pediatric nephrology clinic: Friday (Dr. Tenukala).

Overview

Children’s Intensive Care Unit (CICU): The CICU is a critical care ward for children located on the first floor of the hospital, and provides the following services

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

The PICU is a dedicated 8-bedded unit, looked after by a team comprising a Pediatric intensivist, pediatric consultants, postgraduate pediatric trainees (DNB), PICU/NICU trained nurses, and hospital assistants. All beds are equipped with multipara monitors, ventilators; central supply of oxygen, medical air and suction. The unit is also equipped with central monitoring system. This is the largest and at present the only dedicated PICU in the state of Nagaland.

The unit focuses on providing standard, holistic, and evidence-based care to all patients, and ensures in treating all patients and their relatives with dignity and respect. The unit strictly practices hand hygiene and anti-septic non-touch technique (ANTT) to prevent hospital-acquired infection. The unit is well trained and equipped to manage critically unwell children, including surgical and trauma cases, from the age of 1 month up to 16 years of age. The services by the PICU provided are:

Conventional invasive ventilation (all beds)
Non-invasive ventilation
High flow nasal cannula oxygen (AIRVO)
ETCO2 monitoring (all beds)
Invasive blood pressure monitoring (all beds)
Blood gas monitoring (arterial and venous): available 24/7
Bed side x-rays
Point of care /bedside ultrasound (cardiac, lung, abdomen)
Ultrasound guided vascular access
PICC lines
Cardioversion /defibrillation
Total parenteral nutrition
Peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis
Protocol based use of sedation and analgesia
Transport ventilator (for CT/MRI)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU):

The NICU is a dedicated 6-bedded unit, well trained and equipped to manage sick newborns, including extremely premature and/or low birth weight babies. All beds are equipped with multipara monitors, ventilators; central supply of oxygen, medical air and suction. The services provided by the NICU are:

Conventional invasive ventilation (all beds)
Bubble CPAP and High flow nasal cannula oxygen (AIRVO)
Therapeutic hypothermia
Warmer and incubator care
ETCO2 monitoring (all beds)
Invasive BP monitoring
Blood gas monitoring (arterial and venous): available 24/7
Bed side x-rays; and point of care /bedside ultrasound (cardiac, lung, abdomen,brain)
PICC lines, umbilical venous access & USG guided central venous access
Total parenteral nutrition
Peritoneal dialysis
Protocol based use of sedation and analgesia
Transport ventilator
Cardioversion/defibrillation

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