Intensive Care
Intensive 24-hour monitoring, assistance with bedside procedures, family support, and so much more are all provided.
What We Offer
After surgery, most patients stay in the center’s 25-bed, Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU), of which five beds are dedicated to critically injured burn victims. In addition to the ICU, an 18-bed Intermediate Care Unit for trauma patients has been added to the Ryder Trauma Center.
The Ryder Trauma team has changed the way that daily rounds are conducted. A mobile video conferencing telemedicine system has been developed that allows the TICU team to watch a live video stream of the patient, view the vital signs on the monitor, see the settings on the respiratory ventilator and observe any patient wounds, all from a remote conference room. By utilizing telemedicine, the TICU team has maintained the educational value associated with rounds while reducing the spread of infection, due in part to a large number of healthcare personnel moving from bedside to bedside.
Trauma patients typically need 50 percent more calories and twice as much protein as a healthy person to rebuild their damaged bones and tissues. However, an injury to the throat, stomach, intestines or bowel may prevent normal feeding. These patients benefit from the center’s dedicated nutrition and metabolic support service team, which includes a medical director, nurse specialists, dietitians, and a pharmacist.
Intensive 24-hour monitoring, assistance with bedside procedures, and family support are provided by the specially trained intensive care unit nurses. Serious wound care issues are also addressed by the center’s nurses. Because of the wide range and severity of injuries, nurses working in the trauma intensive care unit are experts in wound care and have access to the latest types of dressings, topical antibiotics, and medications that promote wound healing.
All critically injured trauma patients are seen by occupational and physical therapists at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Range of motion exercises, assistance with walking, and other supervised activities ensure that patients maintain the highest level of physical functioning possible while in an intensive monitoring environment.
Throughout the hospital stay, the social work team plans for discharge and helps the patient and family adjust to any lifestyle changes. As discharge approaches, the social worker coordinates ongoing care from community agencies, home health care, and medical equipment needs, as well as living situations and financial concerns. For patients who live outside South Florida, the social work team can assist in making travel arrangements for the return home.
What We Offer
After surgery, most patients stay in the center’s 25-bed, Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU), of which five beds are dedicated to critically injured burn victims. In addition to the ICU, an 18-bed Intermediate Care Unit for trauma patients has been added to the Ryder Trauma Center.
The Ryder Trauma team has changed the way that daily rounds are conducted. A mobile video conferencing telemedicine system has been developed that allows the TICU team to watch a live video stream of the patient, view the vital signs on the monitor, see the settings on the respiratory ventilator and observe any patient wounds, all from a remote conference room. By utilizing telemedicine, the TICU team has maintained the educational value associated with rounds while reducing the spread of infection, due in part to a large number of healthcare personnel moving from bedside to bedside.
Trauma patients typically need 50 percent more calories and twice as much protein as a healthy person to rebuild their damaged bones and tissues. However, an injury to the throat, stomach, intestines or bowel may prevent normal feeding. These patients benefit from the center’s dedicated nutrition and metabolic support service team, which includes a medical director, nurse specialists, dietitians, and a pharmacist.
Intensive 24-hour monitoring, assistance with bedside procedures, and family support are provided by the specially trained intensive care unit nurses. Serious wound care issues are also addressed by the center’s nurses. Because of the wide range and severity of injuries, nurses working in the trauma intensive care unit are experts in wound care and have access to the latest types of dressings, topical antibiotics, and medications that promote wound healing.
All critically injured trauma patients are seen by occupational and physical therapists at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Range of motion exercises, assistance with walking, and other supervised activities ensure that patients maintain the highest level of physical functioning possible while in an intensive monitoring environment.
Throughout the hospital stay, the social work team plans for discharge and helps the patient and family adjust to any lifestyle changes. As discharge approaches, the social worker coordinates ongoing care from community agencies, home health care, and medical equipment needs, as well as living situations and financial concerns. For patients who live outside South Florida, the social work team can assist in making travel arrangements for the return home.