Telemetry

The Telemetry unit at Banner Heart Hospital helps ease a patient’s transition from Intensive Care or Surgery to recovery. Telemetry patients can also be admitted for other various conditions, including cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction or heart attack, and congestive heart failure. Patients can be admitted from any emergency room.

During telemetry monitoring, patients typically wear a heart monitor (a small box that weighs less than one pound) that sends signals to the nurses' station where a technician observes the heart rate and rhythm. Nurses monitor vital signs, weight measurements and fluid levels to provide the best standard of care to patients.

Telemetry nurses have chosen to specialize in the treatment of heart patients. They receive ongoing education in this specialty area. The increased level of monitoring that happens in Banner Heart Hospital's Telemetry unit means patients may be attached to machines different than those found in a typical hospital suite. The Telemetry nurses strive to make each patient as comfortable as possible during their stay.

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