IN SUPPORT OF LIFE 

With noninvasive ventilation, a critical care patient can how breathe easy without having a tube put into his lungs. It is,however, recommended only for select patients. Newer biomarkers can tell whether a person has an active infection or not so that antibiotics can be stopped in cases where they are not required.Here are a few major advancements in critical care.

Therapeutic hypothermia  

      Therapeutic hypothermia or targeted temperature management refers to deliberate reduction of core body temperature, typically to a range of about 32 to 34 degrees Celsius for 24 hours in patients who do not regain consciousness after return of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest. The technique is used to protect the brain from further damage.

Infection control in hospitals 

Every year,lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals.Nowadays, every hospital has a dedicated infection control nurse and committee to monitor incidence of infections in the hospitals and take steps to minimise occurrence.proper hand-washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals.

Endobronchial ultrasound 

In this, the physician performs a procedure called transbronchial needle aspiration to obtain tisue or fluid samples from the lungs and surrounding lymph nodes without conventional surgery. The sample can be used for diadnosing and staging lung cancer, detection infection and identifying inflammatory diseases that affec the lungs.

PAN CT scan and MRI brain screening

Most hospitals nowadays do head to thigh CT scan which takes hardly 15 minutes in seriously injured patients.The test helps in detecting injuries and their severity so that the doctor can prioritise lifesaving treatment. MRI brain screening again, in about 15 minutes, helps identify and rule out major stroke and infection in the brain.