Fetal Health Center and NICU Flashcards
The Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center is one of a handful in the country with…
10 specialty rooms for moms and babies with high-risk pregnancies.
Fetal Health Center patients are often born with varying types of congenital defects
airway obstructions, heart defects, and abdominal wall malformation.
The FHC partners with the Transport Team to provide a specialty plan for pregnant woman with immediate access to…
higher level care. The Bridge of Hope provides direct access to University Health for adult patients.
The neonatal intensive care unit is the only level IV nursery in the region. Number of beds?
87
Because the CMH offers the highest acuity in our service area,
the sickest babies are sent here.
The METRO program (Metropolitan Neonatal Service Program) means that throughout the KC metro area…
CMH staffs all NICUs.
