Home is where healing happens best. Sunshine medical care ICU at Home services are for Patients who are no longer in the acute phase of their illness but still require intensive care.Critical Care at Home services includes the care and supervision of highly trained critical care therapists, experts and nurses and at a significantly lower price than that of a hospital stay.
Our clinical procedures have been developed in consultation with leading hospitals and renowned experts, ensuring the highest quality medical care. Six ways in which we make critical care at home a great choice for the patient and her family.
When Do You Need Critical Care?
When a family member needs long term ICU care, a lot of doctors and hospitals advise for such care to be provided at home if possible, in case there are no active interventions to be done.
The patient is happier at home and healing can happen without the threat of hospital acquired infections. This is financially easier for the family as well considering such care at home comes at least 30% cheaper than in a hospital.
We have provided this service to a lot of patients with respiratory or neurological disease who take a long time to recover and need adequate device support and specialized care through trained nurses.
CRITICAL PACKAGE
Critical Care Packages
Care plans are personalized for patient needs and are designed to deliver high quality, affordable, and easy to implement health services.
Clinical team
2 ICU trained nurses – 12 hours each
2 Nursing assistants – 12 hours each
Physiotherapist(as advised by primary physician)
Respiratory therapist (1-2 visits/week)
ICU consumables
Weekly clinical quality audits
ICU Infrastructure
Ventilator
Infusion pumps
DVT Pump
Other equipment as per clinical assessment by Portea doctor
Home visit reports
E-Monitoring
On condition-GCS: 8 or less | Vitals: Unstable | Mobility: Restricted | Ventilation: Dependent
STEP-DOWN PACKAGE
Clinical team
2 ICU trained nurses-12 hours each
2 Nursing assistants – 12 hours each
Physiotherapist (as advised by primary physician)
Respiratory therapist (1-2 visits/week)
ICU consumables
Weekly clinical quality audits
ICU Infrastructure
BiPAP
Infusion pumps
DVT Pump
Other equipment as per clinical assessment by Portea doctor
Other equipment as per clinical assessment by Portea doctor
Home visit reports
E-Monitoring
On condition
GCS: 10 or more | Vitals: Stable | Mobility: Restricted
Why Choose Us?
CERTIFIED ICU NURSES & ICU DOCTOR : With extensive hands on experience, professional certifications and training our specialists ICU Doctors ensure quality care.
BEST IN CLASS ICU DEVICES : We offer a wide range of products for all patients needs across an affordable price range.
COST ADVANTAGE : Complete expenses of the critical care services come at a fraction of cost of the same services at a hospital.
WORKING WITH THE TREATING PHYSICIAN : We involve your own physician in the care plan design and share patient data periodically with him/ her.
CONTINUOUS MONITORING : Our trained specialists monitor patient progress and recovery data from our state of the art devices.
LOWER RISK OF INFECTION : Home ICU setups not only save time, money but also substantially reduce the risk of infections for the patient.
How Does Critical Care Unit(Ccu) Or Intensive Care Unit(Icu) Works?
The physician will examine the patient to determine the need for long-term ICU care at home and refer Portea.
After a detailed discussion with a designated health manager, the patient opts for Portea’s care plan.
The Patient assessment process begins with our clinical team evaluating the patient and understanding patient’s requirements such as devices & consumables. Followed by a home assessment to identify a space for ICU set up at the patient’s home.
A day before the patient’s arrival at home, our team delivers the devices and installs the ICU set up.
Portea Clinical team along with the head nurse keep the home ready for patient’s arrival.
Our Proprietary software ensures 24×7 monitoring of the patient’s vitals and the treating physician is updated with the patient’s condition multiple times a day.
Twice every week, Portea ICU Doctor discuss progress with the patient’s family
Patient’s family receives daily telephonic updates from the nursing supervisor
Nursing supervisor performs a weekly audit with the care giving a team and the patient’s family at home