UF Health Shands Hospital Neuro Intensive Care Unit consists of 30-beds dedicated to the treatment of neuroscience patients who require intensive medical and surgical management. These patients receive their care from board-certified neurosurgeons, endovascular neurosurgeons, neuro-intensivists, epileptologists, neuroradiologists, vascular neurologists and neurocritical care nurses.
Under the leadership of Medical Director Katharina Busl MD, MS, staff members collaborate within a multidisciplinary team that also includes:
- Case managers
- Clinical pharmacists
- Clinical nutritionists
- Occupational therapists
- Physical therapists
- Respiratory therapists
- Speech therapists
- Social workers and psychiatrists
Resources
The resources offered to patients in this critical care setting include:
- Highly specialized physician care expertise in neurosurgery, endovascular neurosurgery, vascular, neurology, critical care medicine, epileptology and neuroradiology
- Specialized nursing services with highly-trained nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants with dedicated neurocritical care backgrounds
- Neuro-specialized ancillary healthcare providers including critical care pharmacists, nutritionists, physical and occupational therapists, speech therapists, EEG technicians, respiratory therapists and neuroradiology technicians
- 30 single-bed private patient rooms with full ICU monitoring capabilities, observation window and secure patient-specific supply cabinets
- Dedicated neuro ICU CT scanner with contrast, CT-angiogram and CTA/CT perfusion on a 320-slice scanner
- Fully integrated long-term EEG monitoring capability for every bed
- Development of an e-ICU with electronic records, ordering, remote monitoring, radiology, and lab
Transfers
To transfer a neurosurgical or a neurological patient, call the UF Health Shands Transfer Center at 1-800-987-2673.
Patient Care
- Brain tumors
- Epilepsy
- Increased intracranial pressure/ intracranial hypertension
- Ischemic stroke
- Meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Spinal cord or traumatic brain injury
- Subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage
- Vascular malformations
- Venous sinus thrombosis
- Many other neurological diseases which necessitate urgent and intensive care medicine
UF Health Shands Hospital Neuro Intensive Care Unit
1600 S.W. Archer Road, 8th Floor
Gainesville, FL 32608