Intensive Care Units In this topic, your questions will be answered: 1. What is meant by intensive care unit? 2. What patients need special care? 3. Who is the doctor responsible for treating the patient in the intensive care unit? 4. Why is visiting the intensive care unit prohibited? 5. What is an artificial airway? 6. What is a mechanical ventilation device? 7. What is an overhead monitor? 8. What should be the conditions for visiting a patient in the intensive care unit? 9. What measures are taken for a patient admitted to the intensive care unit? 10. How is the patient discharged from the intensive care unit? 11. When is the patient transferred from the intensive care unit to the general inpatient unit? 12. What are the reasons for transferring a patient from the intensive care unit to the inpatient unit? 13. What conditions should the companion of the patient in the intensive care unit follow? 14. What conditions does the patient's bedside companion follow in the public wards?