Critical Care
Care Teams Ready to Help When You Need It Most
When you or a loved one is facing a life-threatening illness or injury, the highly skilled critical care team at Benefis is ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You'll get comprehensive care quickly, using the latest life-support technology and around-the-clock monitoring capability.
Adult and Newborn Care Teams
We have two intensive care facilities, one designed to help adults and one for newborns:
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Designed for critically ill adult patients, our ICU offers a high level of care from a team skilled in complex health problems.
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Staffed by specialists in the care of premature and newborn babies, our NICU is one of the most advanced in the state.
Round-the-Clock Bedside Monitoring
At Benefis, our state-of-the-art ICU is equipped to take care of critically ill or injured people with conditions including:
- Major respiratory problems
- Organ failure
- Severe infections
- Surgical complications
- Strokes and heart attacks
- Trauma from accidents, gunshot wounds, severe falls, and fires
Bedside monitoring – 24 hours a day, seven days a week – is the hallmark of intensive care.
Central monitoring means the entire fast-moving ICU team is aware of any changes in the patient’s condition and can respond immediately.
Our ICU is directly adjacent to the operating rooms, radiology, and laboratory services at Benefis for more rapid response.
Your Care Team
Our critical care nurses are specially trained to work one-on-one with ICU patients. They continually track vital signs, treat pain and discomfort, and manage medical equipment.
Critical care physicians direct the care of ICU patients, calling upon other specialists as needed, such as heart specialists, surgeons, or neurologists. Respiratory therapists are often on the ICU team since severely ill or injured patients often need help breathing.
Patient and Family Involvement
At Benefis, the patient and family are an important part of the care team. We work closely with you by giving updates on the patient’s condition, explaining our treatments, and answering your questions.
We also prepare a post-ICU care plan so that once the critical phase has passed, families and patients know the next steps in recovery.
