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The recovery ward is the area where a patient is taken to after surgery to safely regain consciousness from anesthesia and receive appropriate post-operative care. The Pacifica's recovery ward is located on Deck 10 opposite the ship's surgical suites. The recovery ward is equipped with several comfortable biobeds and a wide variety of medical monitoring equipment. The ward is primarly used in overflow situations as the ship is also equipped with three private recovery rooms. In emergency situation the ward's biobeds can be converted and used for general purposes. | |||
Even in the 24th Century, surgery is an invasive procedure and a patient's body needs time to heal. The amount of time a patient requires in the recovery ward will vary by surgical or diagnostic procedure and the type of anesthesia used. As the patient recovers from anesthesia, their post-operative condition is assessed by the recovery nursing staff. A [[Medical Officer|physician]] may order analgesic or antiemetic medication for any pain or nausea and vomiting, and the [[Chief Medical Officer]] and/or anesthesiologist may come by to examine the patient. | |||
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=== Nursery === | === Nursery === | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 24 June 2012
Introduction
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Main Sickbay
CMO's Office
Secondary Sickbay
Intensive Care Unit
The Pacifica’s intensive care unit is a specialised ward located on Deck 10, where life-threatening conditions are monitored, treated and managed. Patients placed in intensive care typically require some sort of organ support (brain, heart, lungs, etc.) and invasive monitoring and/or treatment. As the name implies, intensive care requires medical care providers to spend more time monitoring and treating than they normally would. Starfleet medical protocols state that ICUs must maintain a patient to critical care personnel ratio of no lower than two to one.
The ICU is designed to give the Pacifica’s doctors and nurses unobstructed access to a patient’s room at all times. The ward is laid out in a semi-circular design and features 4 separate rooms with a fully-manned nurse’s/monitoring station located near the entrance. Each room is equipped with specialized equipment not readily found in a typical sickbay, such as a Pulmonary Infuser and Vascular Regenerator. All biobeds are equipped with Biofunction Monitors, as well as treatment-specific instrument clusters. The rooms are also equipped with builtin stasis fields and null-grav generators.
Recovery Ward
The recovery ward is the area where a patient is taken to after surgery to safely regain consciousness from anesthesia and receive appropriate post-operative care. The Pacifica's recovery ward is located on Deck 10 opposite the ship's surgical suites. The recovery ward is equipped with several comfortable biobeds and a wide variety of medical monitoring equipment. The ward is primarly used in overflow situations as the ship is also equipped with three private recovery rooms. In emergency situation the ward's biobeds can be converted and used for general purposes.
Even in the 24th Century, surgery is an invasive procedure and a patient's body needs time to heal. The amount of time a patient requires in the recovery ward will vary by surgical or diagnostic procedure and the type of anesthesia used. As the patient recovers from anesthesia, their post-operative condition is assessed by the recovery nursing staff. A physician may order analgesic or antiemetic medication for any pain or nausea and vomiting, and the Chief Medical Officer and/or anesthesiologist may come by to examine the patient.
