About the Intenisve Care Unit- Fremont

The Critical Care Unit is a 10 bed general Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit. It is an around-the-clock, highly specialized care for people who are:

• seriously ill or injured
• recovering from surgery or other treatment

The Intensive Care Unit is located on the 2nd floor of the hospital. It is staffed by professionals who use specialized equipment and knowledge to provide advanced medical care. Each patient's care is directed by a physician. Each nurse generally cares for 1 or 2 patients

The goals of the unit are to:

• stabilize the patient's condition, that is keep it from worsing and prevent new complications
• provide treatment that will help the patient achieve the fullest possible recovery

To ensure every patient's well being:

• the ICU must be as free of germs as possible
• all food intake must be closely monitored
• staff must be able to quickly move and adjust equipment

For these reasons, visitors are generally asked not to give food, flowers or other personal items. But, that does not mean loved ones can not show thier love and affection.

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