The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) provides specialised, round-the-clock critical care for infants, children and adolescents with life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
Our multidisciplinary team cares for children requiring intensive monitoring, advanced treatments and life-support therapies across a wide range of complex medical, surgical, trauma and burn conditions. By bringing together paediatric critical care expertise, advanced technology and access to paediatric subspecialties, we provide coordinated care tailored to each child's individual needs.
Our PICU combines highly specialised paediatric critical care services with advanced monitoring, diagnostic, and life-support technologies.
The unit has 16 modern private patient rooms, equipped with advanced critical care technology and central monitoring systems. Each room also provides family-friendly accommodation, including a sofa bed for a parent or caregiver.
Clinical technology and supporting diagnostic services include:
Children requiring intensive care often have complex needs that extend across several medical specialties. Our PICU team works closely with paediatric subspecialists and other clinical teams across SSMC to provide comprehensive care, from stabilisation and intensive monitoring to treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation.
The unit provides medical, surgical, poly-trauma and burn critical care, including preoperative and postoperative support for children undergoing complex procedures.
Our multidisciplinary team works across specialties to support every aspect of a child's care.
We provide specialised preoperative and postoperative intensive care for children undergoing complex procedures, including paediatric surgery, ear, nose and throat (ENT), urology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and robotic procedures.
Our team provides intensive care for critically injured children, including those with:
Children with severe burns receive multidisciplinary stabilisation and intensive care, working closely with SSMC's burn specialists.
Having a child in intensive care can be an extremely difficult experience for any family. We believe parents and caregivers are an important part of the care team and should remain informed and involved throughout their child's treatment.
Parents are actively involved in care decisions and receive regular communication and orientation from the clinical team. Comfortable waiting areas and family-friendly facilities also help families remain close to their child during their time in the PICU.
Our PICU is led by consultants with specialist expertise in paediatric critical care, supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill and injured children.
Medical, surgical, trauma and burn critical care are supported by paediatric subspecialties and wider clinical services across SSMC.
Parents and caregivers remain informed and involved throughout their child's care.
Our paediatric critical care and urgent referral services are available around the clock.
The SSMC PICU accepts children requiring critical care through:
Our team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support urgent referrals.
Referral Hotline: 02 314 3000
Behind every PICU admission is a child and a family facing an incredibly difficult time. Sharing the experiences of children who have recovered from critical illness can help other families understand the care and support available at SSMC.
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) is a two-day, interactive course, which includes mandatory, pre-course e-learning. It covers the practical skills and knowledge that health care professionals need to effectively care for surgical patients, including those who are deteriorating or at risk of doing so.
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