Introduction
Intensive care is a field of expertise that is concerned with the diagnosis and management of patients with life-threating conditions that may require organ support and continuous medical monitoring.
There is often a specialised area in a hospital explicitly for intensive care where the patients with life-threatening conditions are admitted. Here, the patients receive continuous 24-hour care from a highly-trained team of medical specialists and nurses.
Patients may be admitted to intensive care;
• After a major surgery
• During a chronic or terminal condition (e.g. heart or kidney failure, heart attack)
• Following a serious accident
• During a serious infection
Intensive care is mostly only offered to the patients whose condition is potentially revocable and has a chance of surviving with the intensive care support.
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Expertise in Action
Intensive care field of expertise is generally relevant to personal injury litigation involving an allegation that intensive care support did not meet professional standards.
Intensive care experts have a strong medical background and experience working with various types of life-threatening medical conditions. Since intensive care is used for so many different medical issues, the experts are able to provide a very valuable insight for cases involving nursing, cardiology, neurology, critical care nursing, and other numerous medical conditions, treatments and intensive care practices.
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Cost
The overall cost of expert opinion depends on the services required. Some of the key factors that affect the cost of advice include:
- The need for a view or inspection of a location
- The quantity of documentary material to be reviewed
- Whether there are reports of other experts to be reviewed and commented on in detail
- Whether there is a need for conferences with the expert either in person or by telephone/Skype