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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. |
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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.
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