Critical Care Services
Jefferson’s critical care services includes full and intermediate level in bone marrow transplant, cardiopulmonary, neuroscience, medicine, telemetry and trauma. The Emergency Department is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 77 treatment areas. It is a Regional Spinal Cord Injury and Designated Sexual Assault Center.
Emergency Department (ED)
The Emergency Department exists to support and promote quality emergency medicine and nursing care for its patients. Expert care and concern for our patients is our highest mission.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU/ISICU)
The SICU (Surgical Intensive Care Unit) has 16 beds and the ISICU (Intermediate Surgical Intensive Care Unit) has 9 beds. This critical care area specializes in the management of trauma, solid organ transplant, vascular and complex gastrointestinal surgery patients.
Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU/INICU)
The Neuroscience Critical Care Units consist of a 14-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a 16-bed Intermediate Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (INICU). These units meet the critical care needs of the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient who have experienced traumatic and non-traumatic injuries to the central nervous system. Patients with spinal cord injuries, cerebral vascular injuries, multi-trauma, orthopedic abnormalities and musculoskeletal diseases are just a few of the patient types admitted to the NICU and INICU.
Acute Stroke Unit (ASU)
The Acute Stroke Unit is a 12-bed intermediate critical care unit. The unit meets the critical care needs of the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient who have experienced a cerebrovascular injury. Jefferson has accreditation as a JCAHO certified Primary Stroke Center.
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN)
Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit /Intermediate Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit (NICU/INICU)
The Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a 26-bed critical care unit. The Intermediate Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit (INICU) consists of a 10-bed intermediate unit. These units meet the critical care needs of the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient who have experienced multi-system organ failure, neuromuscular, neurosensory, and cerebrovascular disorders including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, specializing in the care of patients with cerebral vascular disorders and who have undergone neurosurgical or neurovascular procedures.
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) Neuro Stepdown Unit (NSDU)
The Neuro Step-Down Unit (NSDU) is an intermediate unit that consists of 13 monitored beds on the 6th floor and 12 monitored beds on the 7th floor. The NSDU is intended to meet the intermediate critical care needs of those adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients that have the following medical conditions: Subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, post-operative neurosurgical intervention and other neurosensory disorders.
All staff nurses working on the NSDU have successfully completed the critical care course, dysrythmia course, BLS, and ACLS.
Interventional Neuroradiology (INR)
The INR Department is a state-of-the-art unit providing many services involving endovascular assessment and treatment of neurological lesions and disorders. Services include cerebral angiograms, coil embolization of aneurysms, glue embolizations of AVM’s, fistulas, and tumors, carotid and intra-cerebral angioplasty and stenting, as well as the intra-arterial thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Each INR nurse possesses extensive critical care experience, allowing for the delivery of optimal perioperative care.
The Gamma Department
Sterotactic radiosurgery and sterotactic radiotherapy are minimally invasive treatments for malignant or benign tumors and lesions of the brain and spine. These non-surgical procedures enable physicians to selectively destroy brain tumors or blood vessel abnormalities deep within the brain without an incision. High concentrations of radiation beams are precisely directed onto a specific target to destroy the abnormal cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) And Intermediate Medical Intensive Care Unit (IMICU)
MICU is an 8-bed medical care monitored unit that provides specialized care required by critically ill patients with respiratory failure, pulmonary disease, septic shock, liver failure, multisystem failure and mechanical ventilation.
IMICU is a 5-bed medical care monitored unit that provides specialized care required by critically ill patients with respiratory failure, ventilator dependent pulmonary disease, hepatic disease, and multisystem failure.
Surgical Coronary Care Unit (SCCU)
SCCU is a 9-bed surgical cardiology monitored unit that provides specialized care required by critically ill patients with cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery and mechanical ventilation.
Medical Coronary Care Unit (MCCU)
The Medical Coronary Care Unit is a 9-bed medical intensive care unit that provides care to critically ill adult and geriatric patients who have coronary artery disease, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, pulmonary disease, septic shock, dysrhythmias, and those patients who may require mechanical ventilation, supportive therapy such as CVVHD, or assist devices such as an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.
Intermediate Coronary Care Units (ICCU)
There are 3 ICCUs that provide specialized care and continuous cardiac monitoring required by patients with cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular disease, cardiac interventional and electrophysiological procedures, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and ventilator care management.
Medical Telemetry
There are 2 medical telemetry units that provide specialized care and continuous cardiac and/or pulmonary monitoring required by patients with coronary artery disease, pulmonary disease, vascular disease, congestive heart failure, rule out/post myocardial infarction, sepsis, oncology, complications from diabetes or post-operative surgical patients.
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMT)
The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit is a 12-bed unit. Most of the patients are in the process of having a bone marrow transplant or have received chemotherapy which leaves them severely neutropenic and/or immunocompromised.
The unit provides care for neutropenic and/or immunocompromised patients. Patients are receiving or recovering from chemotherapy. The majority of patients have central venous access. They require frequent transfusions and multiple intravenous infusions/medications. All of the beds on the unit are monitored and cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring is provided. Care on this unit may include ventilatory support and/or the use of pressors.
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