Table 1 Intensive care unit characteristics
| Â | Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | MNH | BMC | KCMC | MRH |
Hospital bed capacity | 1300 | 650 | 540 | 480 |
ICU RESOURCES | Â | Â | Â | Â |
ICU bed capacity | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
Ventilators | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Cardiac monitors | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
Oxygen supply ports | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
Invasive BP monitoring (arterial line) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CVP monitoring capacity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arterial blood gas analyzer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portable ultrasound | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Portable X-ray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Infusion pumps | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
ECG machine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Renal replacement therapy | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Capnography monitoring capacity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICU STAFFING | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of fellowship-trained intensivists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number specialist anaesthesiologists | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Number of masters-trained critical care nurses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of nutritionists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of respiratory therapists | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nurse to patient ratio** | 1:2 | 1:4 | 1:4 | 1:2 |
Physician to patient ratio*** | 1:6 | 1:12 | 1:14 | 1:6 |