CRITICAL CARE & STEP DOWN UNIT
(Intermediate Care)

An 18-bed multidisciplinary unit with the capability to provide care for patients who require a more highly acute level of medical or nursing treatment and/or monitoring. Critical Care Services is staffed by nurses who are ACLS certified and receive specialized training in the care of critically ill patients. All beds in the CCU/SDU are private rooms, offering our patients the most in comfort and privacy during the course of their illness and treatment.

Treatment is provided for, but not limited to, unstable patients in need of life-saving intensive treatment such as ventilator support, vasoactive medications, aggressive volume rescucitation, severe acute medical illness or with a potential risk for complications after major surgery.

Procedures include continuous hemodynamic monitoring using state-of-the art equipment, thrombolytic treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarctions, mechanical ventilation, post-operative care of unstable patients, pressure monitoring, cardioversion, and intra-aortic balloon pumping.

Intermediate care provides a higher nurse-patient ratio than the general medical-surgical areas for more frequent observation which provides a transition from Critical Care to the General Medical/Surgical Care areas. This area specializes in cardiac and cardiac-related diseases with on-unit heart monitoring and invasive line capability.

Pediatric patients, ages 6 to 16 are provided care in coordination with the nursing staff of the Pediatric Department to help meet the special age-related needs of this patient group.

The Critical Care Services Nursing Staff, working collaboratively with our Medical Staff and Ancillary Support Services is committed to providing the highest quality services to the community that we serve.