India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued its first guidelines on ICU admission and discharge criteria. The guidelines cover the qualification of critical care specialists, criteria for admitting and discharging patients, and patient monitoring and transferring requirements. The guidelines were compiled by 24 Critical Care Medicine experts using the Delphi methodology. We have summarized the ICU guidelines in this article. Read further to learn about the guidelines. Qualification of intensivist or critical care specialist Critical care specialist should have postgraduation in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or General Surgery with the following: 1.
Additional qualification a. DM – Critical Care/Pulmonary Critical Care b. DNB/FNB – Critical Care c. Certificate courses in Critical Care of the ISCCM d. Post-doctoral Fellowship in…
