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Heart's 22-bed Level III NICU is staffed by four neonatologists, who
are always available for consults. The unit was recently remodeled
to reflect the latest developmentally focused care model. State-of-the-art high frequency ventilation is available for
newborns with underdeveloped lungs. A transport team
staffed by specially trained registered nurses and respiratory
technologists is on call 24 hours a day to pick up and safely transport
premature or ill infants born in hospitals in outlying areas. |
See Virtual Tour |
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The
babies are transported in a specially designed neonatal mobile
intensive care ambulance, purchased in March 2001 entirely
with community donations. The ambulance, one of the largest in
the state, is able to transport two complete mobile intensive
care isolettes. Some 75 babies a year are transported to
Sacred Heart's NICU from referral hospitals in a five-county
area.
- Take a virtual
tour of Sacred Heart's NICU mobile transport vehicle.
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