Critical Care
East Alabama Health's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a 20-bed unit, while our Cardiovascular ICU is an 10-bed unit. Patient care in both areas is collaboratively managed by an interdisciplinary staff. State-of-the-art care and intervention are provided to medical/surgical patients with multi-system involvement who are acutely ill and/or experiencing acute life-threatening episodes and to patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Qualified, professional nursing personnel assure that patients receive detailed and specialized nursing care, continuous monitoring and comprehensive observation.
About Our Critical Care Units
Our Critical Care areas include:
- 20-bed ICU
- 10-bed Cardiovascular ICU
- 18-bed Cardiac Special Care Unit
- 12-bed Cardiovascular Step Down Unit
- 18-bed Progressive Care Unit
The Cardiac and Progressive Care Units are clinical areas that provide care for medical/surgical cardiovascular patients with potentially life-threatening conditions and/or patients that require particular care and who would benefit from continuous monitoring, close observation and comprehensive nursing care.
Award-Winning Critical Care in East Alabama
In 2017, The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) awarded East Alabama Health's ICU a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Only two other Beacon Awards are currently held in the state of Alabama—one in Birmingham and one in Sylacauga—and both are bronze-level.
The Beacon Award for Excellence—a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments—recognizes caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy Work Environment Standards. Units that achieve this three-year designation meet national criteria consistent with Magnet Recognition, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award.
The ICU at East Alabama Health is a place where we set high standards for patient care, and seek to achieve them together. Our unit is defined by the teamwork that goes into caring for critically ill patients. Our patients benefit from the latest evidence-based practice and true, multi-disciplinary collaboration within our team. Each and every staff member in the ICU is committed to exceptional patient care.
Our Critical Care Units at EAMC-Lanier
- Progressive Care Telemetry
- Critical Care Unit