|
As an acute care hospital, we are part of the continuum of care for patients with complex, catastrophic or chronic illnesses, whose medical conditions remain more intense than can be safely managed in a lower level of care such as subacute, skilled nursing or rehabilitation settings. As an extended critical care hospital, we provide critical care services in all of our beds. This allows the patient to continue to receive a high level of care in a more relaxed setting than is possible in a typical IC.
Criteria:
If the answer to the following questions is "yes," then it is likely that The Regional Hospital will be of assistance to your patient.
- Does the patient meet acute care screening criteria?
- Can the patient potentially benefit from services?
- Does the patient require more intense services than can be safely managed in a subacute or skilled nursing facility, or has the patient had a recent history of multiple acute care admissions?
- Is the patient too acutely ill for active rehabilitation?
Typical Diagnoses and Clinical Conditions of Patients:
- Ventilator dependent with weaning potential
- Respiratory disease: respiratory failure, ARDS, pneumonia, COPD, pulmonary embolus, bronchopleural fistula, empyema, cystic fibrosis
- Cardiac conditions: bacterial endocarditis, congestive heart failure, post- and non-acute myocardial infarction
- Major postoperative complications and trauma care
- Multiple intravenous/antibiotic therapy
- Neuromuscular/neurovascular disease: CVA, Guillian-Barré syndrome, encephalitis, aneurysm clippings, subarachnoid hemorrhages, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis
- Extensive wound complications: fistulas, abscesses, wound dehiscence, complex decubitus ulcers
- Renal disease, acute hemodialysis
- Pre- and post-operative transplant care
- Infectious diseases: methacillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus, tuberculosis, VRE
- Pancreatitis, necrotizing pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocyst
- Multiple system organ failure: cardiac, liver, renal, or respiratory failures and combinations
- Immunosuppressed patients: HIV, chemotherapy * Other conditions: bacterial sepsis, drug overdose, poisoning
- Malnutrition
The above is only a partial listing of conditions which may serve to encourage discussion regarding appropriateness of a particular patient for The Regional Hospital program.
|
