
Department of Critical Care
CRITICAL CARE department at Ramaiah Medical College Hospital is a multi-disciplinary health care speciality which provides intensive care services to patients with life threatening illness and injuries.
Critical care is a highly specialized unit with specialized staff and lifesaving equipment's for continuous care of critically ill, injured and post operative patients.
The Critical care Unit at Ramaiah Medical College Hospital is 83 bedded state of art multi-disciplinary centre where Medical, Neurology, Oncology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Surgical and Trauma Patients are managed round the clock (24X7).
The Critical care encompasses Medical Intensive Care unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Isolation, and High Dependency unit with ventilator support that delivers care to patients with complex and potentially life-threatening conditions.
Our critical care units are ably supported by diagnostic and imaging units (CT, MRI, Doppler). Consultants and surgeons representing all major disciplines including neurologists, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, haematologists are available to offer specialist technical advice to the unit.

The team with high expertise treats patients with most complex health needs with help of physiotherapists, nutritionist, pharmacist and social worker. Regular counseling sessions are conducted with patient relatives to update the patients’ health condition and to give psychological and social support.
Our goal is to provide exceptional quality and compassionate care to our patients. We believe in a holistic approach to health care that encompasses body, mind and spirit. We strive to meet each patient needs with skill, compassion and respect for dignity and privacy.
Emphasis is on areas like nurses training, standardizing care through clinical pathways and identification of ethical and economic issues pertaining to critical care, managing the in-hospital environment, infection control and end of life care.
Therapeutics & Services
- Treatment and continuous monitoring for critically ill and injured patients.
- Life support measures for patients with multi organ failure.
- Non-invasive and invasive ventilation.
- Haemodynamic Monitoring
- Dialysis and CRRT services
- Chest drains insertion, Fiber optic bronchoscopy,
- Cricothyroidotomy, Percutaneous Tracheostomy,
- Bed side Ultrasonography and chest X-ray
- Bed side 2DECHO cardiography.
- Ultrasound guided central venous access.
- Retrieval services.
Facilities:
- State of the art Ventilators Care Services (24/7).
- Equipped with Multipara meter Modular Cardiac Monitors.
- Point of care Ultrasound and 2D echo.
- Point of care ABG
- Haemodialysis care
Bed side support services :
- Bed side physiotherapy
- Nutrition and dietary support
- Bed side clinical pharmacist support
Therapeutics & Services
- Treatment and continuous monitoring for critically ill and injured patients.
- Life support measures for patients with multi organ failure.
- Non-invasive and invasive ventilation.
- Haemodynamic Monitoring
- Dialysis and CRRT services
- Chest drains insertion, Fiber optic bronchoscopy,
- Cricothyroidotomy, Percutaneous Tracheostomy,
- Bed side Ultrasonography and chest X-ray
- Bed side 2DECHO cardiography.
- Ultrasound guided central venous access.
- Retrieval services.