Emergency medicine is the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases in adults, especially of internal organs. They deal with the essentials of primary care internal medicine which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system, and reproductive organs. The department provides broad range of services for diagnosis and treatment of multiple adult medical problems, including-

Critical care Management of chronic diseases Management of drug overdoses and poisoning Environmental diseases including diseases due to Industrial chemical exposure

Drowning Electrical injuries Radiation injuries Animal bites etc. ECMO Services

The Saifee Hospital ICU:

• is a Teaching institute for Critical Care Medicine for doctors (FNB, IDCCM.ISCCM-Post MBBS) and nurses offering varous courses.
• is an Award Winning ICU and has recieved prestigious awards for Innovation in Infection Control- (5th International Patient Safety Congress-2015-Best Infection Prevention and Practice)
• has consistently lower hospital associated infection rates than national rates and comparable to international benchmarks.

ICU and NICU of Saifee Hospital are highly specific and sophisticated areas dedicated to manage the critically ill due to various causes by a team of specialised medical, nursing and ancillary personnel. It operates with defined policies, protocols and procedures; with specific quality control measures, education, training and research programmes and provides organ and life support systems.

Patients requiring intensive care usually require support for:

1. Haemodynamic instability (hypertension/hypotension),
2. Airway or respiratory compromise (such as ventilator support),
3. Acute renal failure,
4. Potentially lethal cardiac dysrhythmias,
5. And frequently the cumulative effects of multiple organ system failure.
6. Transplants
7. Polytrauma