a specialized facility in a hospital that is equipped with monitoring devices and staffed with trained personnel designed specifically to treat coronary patients
An in-hospital specialized facility or emergency mobile unit equipped with monitoring devices, staffed with trained personnel, and designed to treat coronary patients.
A specialized facility in a hospital designed specifically to treat coronary patients, equipped with monitoring devices and staffed with trained personnel.
( CCU)—During heart emergencies, patients should be taken to a hospital coronary unit, or a CCU, for constant supervision by instruments and nursing staff and continuous electrocardiogram, ECG, monitoring. This type of monitoring often includes continuous computerized analysis and an alarm system for abnormal rhythms. In addition, special catheters can be inserted to monitor pressure in the heart and the arteries.
A coronary care unit (CCU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment.