Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) provides the highest level of intensive care in southeastern Ontario. When patients need life-sustaining treatment that cannot be delivered elsewhere in the organization, or at other hospitals in the region, they may need to stay in one of KHSC's three Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
There are several reasons why someone may need to be admitted to an ICU, including a sudden life-threatening change in their medical condition, they need close observation, or they need specialized care during their recovery from an operation.
KHSC's ICUs are located at its Kingston General Hospital site. Two of the ICUs provide the highest level of care (level III): the Kidd 2 ICU is a 34-bed unit and the Cardiac Sciences Unit specializes in caring for patients with heart conditions. The Davies 4 ICU (level II) has 18 beds.
All of KHSC's ICUs have highly trained teams who work closely with patients and families on their roads to recovery.
Family members are important members of the care team, so we encourage visiting a patient in the ICU and we are committed to providing support for families with loved ones in the ICU.
Intensive care team
We will listen to you and partner with you to make sure you are involved in all care-plan decisions. Learn more about some of the types of professionals on your care team who are here to help you through this experience and who you may meet caring for your loved one in the ICU.
Upgraded blood filtering technology is doing the work of healthy kidneys for critically ill patients in KHSC’s intensive care unit
In December, KHSC’s fleet of CRRT machines, the only ones available in southeastern Ontario, was upgraded to continue to support ICU patients from across the southeast region who are too sick to tolerate standard hemodialysis, which is a treatment that cleanses the body’s blood of toxins and excess water, something healthy kidneys do.
Kingston Health Sciences Centre upgrades technology used to watch over patients and help staff provide the best possible care
One Toronto-area family’s journey with a loved one hospitalized at KHSC with COVID-19
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