Adult Critical Care

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Adult Critical Care

 

CARDIOVASCULAR
INTENSIVE CARE
(CVICU)
5 North VUH


 
 

Cardiovascular care, including:
•  pre- and post- vascular cardiac surgery
•  heart failure
•  cardiac dysrhythmias
•  structural heart disease
•  post-cardiac arrest
•  ECMO
•  heart, lung transplant
•  therapy devices
•  click for more details 


 

 
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TRAUMA INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT
(TICU)
10 North VUH


 
 

Care of patients who have sustained
major trauma to their body, including:
•  head
•  neck
•  spinal cord
•  abdominal
•  orthopaedics
•  click for more details 



ICU = Intensive Care Unit
S= Stepdown

 
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1:2 ICU
1:3-4 S

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14 ICU
17 S

 

               
     
 

SURGICAL INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT
(SICU)
9 Critical Care Tower


 
 

Care for critically ill surgical patients, including:
•  multisystem organ dysfunction, failure
•  sepsis
•  liver transplant recovery
•  vascular surgeries
•  click for more details 




ICU = Intensive Care Unit
S= Stepdown

 
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1:2 ICU
1:3-4 S

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23 ICU
12 S

 

               
     
 

VUMC REGIONAL
BURN CENTER
(BURN)
11 South VUH


 
 Level 1 Burn Center provides care to teenagers and adults, including:
•  continuum of care from ICU to 
   stepdown to discharge
•  thermal/chemical/electrical burns
•  frostbite, hypothermia
•  dermatological conditions
•  reconstructive surgery
•  click for more details 


ICU = Intensive Care Unit
S= Stepdown
 
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15 S
 
        
   
 

MEDICAL INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT
(MICU)
8 Critical Care Tower


 
 

Care for critically ill medical patients, including:
•  acute respiratory failure
•  Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
   (ARDS)
•  multisystem organ failure
•  sepsis
•  drug overdose
•  gastrointestinal bleeds
•  diabetic ketoacidosis
•  advanced treatment modalities:
   CRRT, ECMO
•  click for more details 

 
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NEUROLOGY/
NEUROSURGERY
INTENSIVE CARE (NIC)
6 Critical Care Tower


 
 

Care for patients with neuro
disorders, including:
•  seizures, spinal cord injury,
   acute ischemic, hemorrhagic
   stroke
•  subdural/epidural hematoma
•  Guillain-Barre Syndrome
•  Myasthenia Gravis
•  exacerbation
•  meningitis, encephalitis
•  click for more details 
ICU = Intensive Care Unit
S= Stepdown

 
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1:2 ICU
1:3 S

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23 ICU
12 S

 

               
     
 

ADULT EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT
(ED)
1st Floor VUH


 
 

Care for patients in emergency situations.

Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center:
•  comprehensive stroke and 
   chest pain center
•  regional referral center
   (ARDS)
•  click for more details 






 

 
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Coming soon!
MEDICAL/PULMONARY
ICU
VUH Tower Expansion


 
 

Care for critically ill medical patients, including:
•  acute respiratory failure
•  sepsis
•  diabetic ketoacidosis
•  drug overdose 
•  long-term trach/ventilator
   management
•  IV drip management 
•  Acute Respiratory Distress   
   Syndrome (ARDS)
•  advanced treatment modalities:
   CRRT, ECMO
•  click for more details 

ICU = Intensive Care Unit
PC = Progressive Care

 
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1:1-2 ICU
1:3 PC

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Nursing Across
Vanderbilt University 
Medical Center

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