PICU, CICU, and Ronald McDonald Room

Question 1

Adelaide C. Ward PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) and CICU (Cardiac ICU) has 60

Answer 1

beds for average daily census of 40 patients each/day annually by 200+ nurses

Question 2

Cardiac ICU opened in October 2021 and is the region’s first

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In unit construction and planning, actual current PICU patients joined the planning and design

Question 3

CMH has the highest volume of ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)

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patients in the country. ECMO is a heart-lung bypass treatment that pumps oxygenated blood back into the child, and essentially serves as the child’s heart and lungs

Question 4

Neonatologists not only take care of patients at CMH locations, but they provide…

Answer 4

telemedicine services to community hospitals throughout the country

Question 5

The Ronald McDonald Family Rooms opened in 1997, and

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allows families to “get away” while being close to their children. 7 bedrooms with all accommodations given absolutely free