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Programs & Services

Intensive Care Unit

Provides care for adults with serious, life-threatening illnesses.

Provides life support to critically ill adult patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses from a variety of causes, which may include:

  • shock
  • pneumonia
  • trauma
  • transplantation
  • severe surgical illness
  • other serious medical illnesses caused by kidney, liver failure, and diabetes

Equipment is used to monitor patients and provide life support, including:

  • helping the patient to breathe
  • supporting vitals signs with medicine
  • cleaning a person's blood with different types of dialysis

Contact Details

University of Alberta Hospital

Location Info
Unit 3C3/3C4, Walter MacKenzie Centre
Address
8440 112 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2B7
Telephone
780-407-6480
Getting There

Parking and Public transportation available

Parking map

Hours of Operation
Available
24 hour service
Access
Service Providers May Include
clinical nurse specialists, dietitians, doctors, health educators, healthcare aides, occupational therapists (OTs), religion care workers, pharmacists, physical therapists (PTs), psychologists, registered nurses (RNs), respiratory therapists (RTs), social workers, therapy assistants (TAs)
Service Languages
American Sign Language (ASL), Interpreter/Translation services
Service Locations
Also Known As
Acronym
GSICU
Previous
E. Garner King Critical Care Unit
Other
General Systems Intensive Care Unit