Intensive Care

Banner Health cardiac patients who undergo surgery start their recuperation in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. The staff works together to attend to the special needs of patients and to keep family members informed. A specially trained team of registered nurses (RNs) and respiratory care practitioners (RCPs) provide care and treatment for each patient.

The registered nurse is the primary caregiver and administers medications, performs physical assessments and coordinates any other care needed

Respiratory care practitioners duties include:

The health care team works closely with the physician however the time of doctor visits is determined by each individual physician.

iCare, eICU
In addition to caregivers at the ICU bedside, Banner Health was the first health provider the in metropolitan Phoenix and northern Colorado areas to allow iIntensive care physicians (intensivists) to remotely monitor patients in multiple intensive care units

Intensivists back up nurses and other caregivers at the bedside and help monitor ICU patient information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Banner’s eICU® electronic command center is located at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. The initial installations of iCare, eICU technology are operating successfully at:

• Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
• Banner Mesa Medical Center
• Banner Heart Hospital
• Banner Desert Medical Center CVICU
• North Colorado Medical Center
• Banner Estrella Medical Center
• Banner Baywood Medical Center

Eventually, Banner will provide iCare coverage for all its ICU beds.