ICU, TC and HDU rooms in Project Hospital Project Hospital Guide, Tips
Last update: 16 November 2018
This short chapter will allow you to learn the differences between ICU, TC and HDU rooms in Project Hospital. With this guide to Project Hospital, you'll learn how to guide your patients in life-threatening situations.
What are ICU, TC and HDU rooms?
The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is a ward where patients are at risk of life - the ward is equipped with life-support equipment and constant monitoring of the patient.
TC (Trauma Center) - mainly the "first contact" rooms, it is here that patients who are transported by ambulance will be sent first. From there, they can be transported to ICU or HDU in a specialized ward.
HDU (High Dependency Unit) - rooms for patients with a higher risk of collapse. Practically every ward except for ICU, Emergency and Radiology has one.
Where to direct your patients?
It depends on their condition they are and whether they been brought by an ambulance. If they have been brought by an ambulance, you must first send them to Trauma Center for a quick and partial diagnosis, cure them of the symptoms that threaten them (e.g. Open Wound). If they are stabilized, they can go to a patient room/observation ward (depending on the disease) to perform a series of examinations or apply appropriate treatment. It may happen that even after the patient has been stabilized, there is a high probability that the patient will have e.g. a heart attack - in such case they are sent to the ward's High Dependency Unit for permanent monitoring and further diagnosis.
However, if the patient is in a very serious condition - whether they were admitted to the ward, to the HDU or the TC, they are sent to the ICU.
It is very important to treat the symptoms in patients, despite the lack of a final diagnosis - this enables you to increase the patients chances of survival and the prestige of the hospital.