Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

CVICU

*8 private patient rooms

*Fast-paced, high acuity unit

*Rooms feature:

• Private restrooms
• Computers to facilitate bedside documentation and medication verification
• Beds capable of NIBP, Sp02, arterial, pulmonary artery, cardiac output, temperature and arrhythmia monitoring.
• Satellite Nursing stations allow direct observation of the critical patient.

*CVICU nurses are specialized for their fields, requiring an RN Degree and are able to utilize advanced technology and evidence-based guidelines in caring for the patients in the CVICU; Certification in BLS (basic life support) and Certification in ACLS (advanced cardiac life support).

*The CVICU Patient population includes:

• Post-operative cardiothoracic surgical patients
• MI ( Myocardial Infarction)
• Heart Failure
• Cardiac Dysrhythmias
• Structural heart disease
• Pre/post-op vascular and cardiac surgery
• Video Assisted Thoracotomies
• Neurological Surgeries
• Carotid Artery Procedures