CaroMont Critical Care Specialists

About Us

At CaroMont Regional Medical Center, families can trust that their loved ones are in good hands with our experienced critical care team. Our physicians, nurse practitioners, bedside registered nurses, therapists and associated staff provide patients specialize in the complex needs of seriously ill or injured patients. Working with primary care physicians and surgical specialists, the providers at CaroMont Critical Care Specialists deliver highly technical care and address the unique needs of our patients.

Care for critically ill patients may include the following conditions:

• Heart attack or sudden loss of heart function
• Sepsis (life-threatening infection)
• Respiratory failure
• Liver failure
• Kidney failure
• Stroke

Specialties & Procedures

• Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  Provides close monitoring and intensive medical care for adult patients with or at risk for organ failure.
• Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
  Cares for patients who are experiencing severe to life-threatening heart conditions – heart attack, heart failure or irregular heartbeat.
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
  Cares for unstable patients who have undergone a variety of general and surgical procedures such as brain surgery, abdominal surgery and trauma.
• Post Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
  Specializes in the care of acutely ill patients requiring continuous observations, advanced nursing care, non-invasive ventilatory support and/or advanced medical therapy.
• Cardiovascular Recovery Unit (CRVU)
  Provides critical observation for adult patients who have had a major cardiac, thoracic or vascular surgical procedure.

These are the areas where the critical care team has the vast majority of encounters; however, we also see patients in any area of the hospital including:

• Medical Surgical
• Emergency department
• Radiology
• Operating room
• PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit)