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One of the 16 patient care rooms
in the new NVCCU.

New Critical Care Unit for Stroke Patients

New neuro-vascular critical care unit offers round-the-clock care.

High-tech equipment includes portable CT scanner and Ceribell devices.
Named 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care for many successive years in a row.

by Paul Hiltz, FACHE

am excited to announce that NCH The new facility adds 16 new beds with critical care capability
I and represents a $9.2 million capital investment. Each patient
has opened the new state of the art
room has a large window to the outside world, helping create a
Neurovascular Critical Care Unit
(NVCCU). healing environment and allowing patients to maintain circadian
Opening this new critical care unit is rhythms. High-tech equipment includes a portable CT scanner,
one of the final pieces to becoming a Joint and the Ceribell device that measures brain activity, which is able
Commission-accredited thrombectomy- to be set up in under five minutes. The EEG data is streamed to
capable comprehensive stroke center. a secure cloud portal, enabling the neurologist to review it in real
In December 2022, medical and time.
administrative staffers gathered at the Downtown Baker Campus This is another stride that NCH has taken in our mission to
for a ceremonial ribbon cutting of the new NCH NVCCU, to become an Advanced Community Healthcare System™.
celebrate the hospital system’s new capabilities. For more information about critical care, please visit our website at
The NCH patient population includes approximately 1,500 nchmd.org.
strokes per year, and 10 percent of those require some advanced or
intensive care.
Staffed 24/7, the new NVCCU brings together neuro-critical
nurses and board-certified critical care physicians to ensure
patients have access to the most effective and up-to-date care
at a time when minutes matter. Here, we are able to provide
the highest level of monitoring and intervention to help people Join a legacy of giving with NCH, as we realize our vision of
being a world-class leader of excellence in healthcare.
recover, to get them back to living their lives.

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