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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

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Location Info
3006 DTC
Address
10240 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 3V9
Telephone
780-735-4523
Getting There

Parking and Public transportation available

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