Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Thank you for helping to maintain a safe and caring environment for our patients and staff. Below, we outline our expectations and guidelines for ensuring everyone's well-being.
Prioritizing Patient Safety
To ensure the health and well-being of our patients, our staff, and the overall hospital environment we request cooperation with the following guidelines:
- Refrain from using language or engaging in behavior that may distress or harass others.
- Avoid any form of physical harassment.
- Abstain from drug or alcohol use within our facility.
- Refrain from engaging in any disruptive activities that could affect the well-being of our patients or staff.
Visitation Guidelines
To facilitate comprehensive care for our patients, the following visitation guidelines have been established:
- Visitation is not permitted from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. to accommodate our daily multidisciplinary rounds. These rounds are essential for a thorough evaluation of our patients' needs and care plans.
- While visiting, please adhere to all infection prevention strategies to safeguard the health of our patients, staff, and yourself.
- Please be prepared to leave the patient's room if a clinical situation necessitates it. Your understanding and cooperation are greatly appreciated.
- The family waiting room is designed for use by the families and visitors of all patients. It is not meant for sleeping, hosting large gatherings that may disrupt others, or storing personal belongings or food.
- Our conference room and consultation room are designated for staff use only to ensure the uninterrupted flow of patient car
Your cooperation in maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all is greatly appreciated. Thank you for entrusting us with the care of your loved ones.
The Intensive Care Unit at EvergreenHealth (formerly Critical Care) provides around-the-clock care and close monitoring for patients with severe, life-threatening illness or injury.
You may be referred directly to the ICU from the emergency department or transferred from other unit. Common conditions treated in the ICU include acute respiratory distress illnesses (such as COVID), septic shock, stroke, trauma, recovery from complicated surgeries and other potentially life threatening conditions.
Care For Our Patients
The ICU rooms are spacious enough to accommodate multiple staff and the latest monitoring and lifesaving medical equipment.
The nurses' stations provide a line-of-sight view of each patient to maintain visual awareness of patients' needs and well-being. The patient's vital signs and telemetry readings are visible to staff from multiple locations, minimizing the need to enter the patient's room and interrupt their rest.
In addition to physicians and nurses, respiratory therapists are now stationed in the ICU, giving them near-instant access to ICU patients.
Each patient room has a restroom with a shower, ensuring patients' privacy and dignity.
Care For Our Patients' Families
The ICU can be a frightening and uncertain time for family and friends to see people they care about being monitored and supported by machines. Our new ICU hopes to alleviate some of that anxiety with its bright, airy spaces and thoughtfully designed rooms.
Our patient rooms have a comfy space where a family member may stay with their loved one. There's also a spacious family area that offer a separate place to rest and recharge, with access to a nearby nutrition station and phone charging station.
The patient whiteboard, updated by staff multiple times a day, makes it easy for families to read and understand the care being provided to the patient.
If you have questions about our ICU or the care of your loved one, please ask anyone on your loved one's care team. We are happy to answer your questions.
Take a Tour of the ICU
Our new ICU opened in July of 2021 and is nearly twice the size of the old Critical Care unit. The 20-bed unit is located on the third floor of the EvergreenHealth Medical Center's silver tower.
We invite you to take a tour and learn more about the patient benefits of the new ICU.
