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- Concerns itself with the management of patients with life-threatening or potentially life-threatening conditions.
- Such conditions should be compatible with recovery and have the potential for an acceptable future quality of life.
- The concept of a general ICU, rather than separate specialised units such as medical, respiratory and surgical has developed in Australasia because the skills and resources necessary to care for the critically ill are common, and most efficiently concentrated in one area.
Faculty of Intensive Care Policy Documents. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR INTENSIVE CARE UNITS Review IC-1 (1997)