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Integrated Care Pathway

Integrated Care Pathways are a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach to mapping patients’ care from admission through to discharge and ongoing care.The aim is pull together all the information into one file that will make it easier for the clinicians involved to give the best care for the patient.

Intensivist

A critical care physician whose medical practice is focused entirely on the care of critically ill and injured patients.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator [ICD]

Device that terminates an erratic, life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia by delivering a high-energy, direct current, electrical stimulus to cardiac tissue. An ICD is usually implanted in the upper chest or abdominal area.