On September 1, Our Lady of the Lake opened the first 24/7 neuro-specific intensive care unit in the region. The Neurological Critical Care Unit (NCCU) opened with 12 beds, and will treat patients with severe neurological conditions and injuries such as hemorrhagic stroke, aneurisms, and recovery from brain surgery and complex spine surgery.
The NCCU will be staffed by a multidisciplinary team of specially trained physicians, nurses, therapists and other professionals working collaboratively to treat patients in a specialized environment. The team will be led by Board Certified neurointensivists coordinating with neurosurgeons, neurologists, interventional neuroradiologists and other subspecialists. The physicians staffing the unit are from Our Lady of the Lake’s Critical Care Medicine Service and the NeuroMedical Center.
“Now we can offer more specialized care and better outcomes for neurological patients because the NCCU brings together experts who have completed critical care training to treat this specific patient population,” said Jason Rogers, senior director of nursing for Our Lady of the Lake.
Our Lady of the Lake is also home to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit, and Trauma-Neurological Critical Care Unit. The hospital also provides 24/7 critical care monitoring via telemedicine of critical patients at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Woman’s Hospital, and Lane Regional Medical Center.