What Subspecialties are in Critical Care? - AnswersCCU, CVICU, ICU, MICU, NITICU, NEURO ICU,
STICU, SICU
CCU - AnswersCoronary Care Unit - Patients with heart disease or attacks... Various cardiac
needs
CVICU - AnswersOpen heart, cardio-thoracic or transplant surgery
ICU - AnswersHodge-Podge of Patients, both medical and surgical. Also known as a synonym
for Critical Care
MICU - AnswersMedical Illnesses
NTICU - AnswersNeuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit - Post trauma, head trauma, comas, post
neuro surgery
Neuro ICU - AnswersNeuro Intensive Care Unit - Brain/Spinal Cord injury, comas
STICU - AnswersPost trauma surgery
SICU - AnswersPost General Surgery
What Skills Checklist is needed for Critical Care Unit? - AnswersCritical Care
What are Required Certifications for Critical Care? - AnswersACLS, BCLS
What is ACLS? - AnswersAdvanced Cardiac Life Support
What is BLS? - AnswersBasic Life Support
What are the additional Preferred Certifications in Critical Care? Besides ACLS/BLS? -
AnswersCCRN, TNCC, PALS
What is PALS? - AnswersPediatric Advanced Life Support
What is CCRN? - AnswersCritical Care Registered Nurse
What is TNCC? - AnswersTrauma Nurse Core Course
What is the Nurse to Patient Ratio in Critical Care? - Answers1:2
What is the Nurse to Patient Ratio in Telemetry? - Answers1:3 or 1:4 or 5
What are the subspecialties in Telemetry? - AnswersDOU, PCCU, PCU, SDU/SCU, TELE,
MED/TELE
What is DOU? - AnswersDirect/Definitive Observation Unit - R/O Cardiac Patients, ED-hold