Department of Critical Care Medicine

About Department

The Department of Critical Care Medicine was created in Jan 2014 to streamline the working of the ICU’s in Bharati hospital & Research Centre at Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College.

The department is well equipped and provides services for around 4500 critically ill patients every year. The medical emergency and code blue team from the department of critical care medicine provides outreach services for critically ill patients in other parts of the hospital. We also monitor several quality indicators, conduct audits and quality improvement projects for betterment of health care for ICU patients.

A number of training programs are conducted on an ongoing basis for undergraduates, postgraduates and nurses. Department was granted permission for conducting DM Critical Care Medicine (2 seats) in 2016 by the competent authorities. In 2022, National Medical Commission increased the number of seats to 6.

During the COVID 19 pandemic, the department of critical care medicine has treated over 2000 critically ill COVID 19 patients. We collaborated with DGHS, Government of Maharashtra and and Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO ) to provide acute care training in Covid 19 for more than 500 healthcare professionals working in Dedicated Covid Healthcare Centers (DCHC)

Our Vision

Our Vision is to provide compassionate and humane critical care services for patients and their families and create an environment that fosters education and research.

Achievements

We are proud of the achievements of our faculty members and medical students. Aside from being awarded various prestigious positions, our faculty members have been conferred several awards for their groundbreaking research works. Our medical students are also recipients of several awards for their outstanding research papers and posters.

Dr. Shivakumar Iyer (Prof. and Head)

Former President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM).
Awarded Fellowship of “Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine” (2010).
Member of the BASIC steering committee (2009 onwards).
Former ISCCM Certificate Course Coordinator, ISCCM.
Former Vice President ISCCM.
Former Chairperson ISCCM Pune Branch.
ISCCM National representative for CoBaTrice (Competency-based training in Intensive care in Europe) study.
Organizing Secretary PENSA (Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia) in Goa in November 2003.
Speaker for various national and international conferences like ISCCM- Criticare, ESICM, Asian Intensive Care, IPACCM, ASMIC, and WFISCCM.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Commonwealth Scholarship (Commonwealth scholarship commission, UK) for distance learning MSc Palliative Medicine at Cardiff University, Wales.

Best Papers and Posters Awarded

Dr. Prashant Jedge

Outstanding international Abstract award at the 39th KSCCM annual congress and acute critical care conference 2019.

Title: Prospective Observation study of High flow nasal oxygen therapy and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Dr. Venkatesh Satri

First prize in case series category for case series in Strychnine poisoning in MAHA EMCON 2020.

Dr. Nishant Agarwal

First prize at SNCC 2020 FOR Oral paper presentation “Experimental chest X-Ray scoring system for determining patient outcomes in COVID 19 Patients.”
Consolation prize for ISCCM day poster presentation – “Critical Care Warriors at the frontline with patient advocacy.”

Dr. Shambhavi

The schedule of our teaching-learning activities is given below:

First prize in the Oral paper presentation “Bridging the evidence-practice gap in acute coronary syndrome- a clinical audit” at MAHA –EM 2020.
Selected for Young talent- CRITICARE 2020, Hyderabad.
- Topic: Root Cause Analysis.
Prize for e poster at CRITICARE2020 “Taking critical care to remote areas – an online training initiative.”

Highlights

The Department of Critical Care Medicine is at the forefront of educating tomorrow’s physicians, advancing medicine through research and innovation, and improving the health of all people. Below are the key highlights of the department:

Tertiary level Adult Intensive Care Unit with approximately 5000 admissions per year.
Round the clock coverage with trained Intensive care specialists.
60 bedded units equipped with multiparameter monitors, Central Oxygen, air, suction/ Dual UPS and Generator backup.
40 ventilated beds (Vela Comprehensive, Avea, Bella Vista, NOCARCC), 20 HFNC’s.
6 Dedicated NIV ventilators, 4 Transport Ventilators.
7 Isolation room.
Advanced Ventilator facilities like High Frequency Oscillator, AVEA- Trans pulmonary pressure monitoring, GE Carescape R860 with metabolic cart.
Advanced monitoring facilities such as Invasive hemodynamic monitoring, cardiac output, Capnography, BIS, Bedside EEG.
ECMO (Maquet) facility.
100 Syringe pumps
5 Defibrillators,
4 Transvenous pacemakers

Intra-aortic balloon pump (stationed in cath lab)
Difficult airway carts in each unit
Dedicated Bedside X-ray (SHIMADZU) and Echocardiography/ US (Sonosite) with Point of care X-Ray system (REGUS 190) stationed in ICUs
Dedicated Ultrasound Machine in each ICUs (Philips HD 5, Philips Innosite)
Dedicated Bronchoscope (Olympus)
Point of care lab- ABG, Lactates and Electrolytes
ICU Dialysis facility (4 Dialysis Machines- Fresenius 4800, 5800S, ART Plus and Ultra touch 1000) with dedicated RO unit
In house resuscitation services- CODE BLUE for the hospital/ MEWS team
Stroke / MI/ Sepsis/ Trauma Codes
24 hour available Speciality backup, Laboratory and radiological facilities- CT/MR.
Advanced Simulation Skills lab with Sim Man 3G and other basic manikins