Intensive Care Unit

intensive care unit

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

The intensive care unit (ICU) at Wooster Community Hospital is a specialized unit featuring private rooms that are custom designed to address the individual needs of our hospitalized patients.

Not only does the ICU have specialized, state-of-the-art equipment that allows us to provide care to a variety of critically ill patients, but our intensive care nurses are specially trained to provide personalized, compassionate care to ICU patients and their loved ones. All registered nurses working in the ICU are trained in advanced cardiac life support techniques.

A patient may enter the ICU for a wide variety of reasons. Because the reason your loved one is in the ICU is specific to them, why shouldn’t their treatment be as well? At Wooster Community Hospital, we take the time and care to ensure your loved ones are receiving the comprehensive, individualized care they deserve for their individual needs. This includes personalized treatment plans to ensure they stay comfortable throughout their stay with us.

Your Critical Care Team

At Wooster Community Hospital, we understand that your individualized care can take a village. Our medical professionals across multiple teams work hand-in-hand to provide you with the best comprehensive care available, ensuring you and your loved ones are well-taken care of throughout their journey in the ICU.

Wooster Community Hospital personnel who are dedicated to caring for our ICU patients include:

  • Case Managers
  • Dietitians
  • Intensivists (doctors with special critical-care training)
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Patient Care Assistants
  • Pharmacists
  • Physical Therapists
  • Registered Nurses
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Speech Therapists

To learn more about how our expert providers can help you and your loved ones, we encourage you to contact Wooster Community Hospital at your earliest convenience. One of our dedicated and compassionate team members will be happy to assist you over the phone and answer any questions you may have about your or your loved one’s care.

Personalized Approach to ICU Care

“ICU Liberation” is an approach to ICU care designed to improve communication, teamwork, family involvement, and patient outcomes. This is the type of approach we take in the Wooster Community Hospital ICU.

This personalized approach focuses on:

  • Regular assessment and treatment of pain, including medication reviews for improved pain control and the management of delirium.
  • Early mobility and exercise to help prevent muscle loss due to immobilization while in the ICU and to help improve alertness and orientation to aid in recovery. Rather than keeping patients sedated and sedentary during their ICU stay, patients are helped to walk with a ventilator. This improves healing time and reduces the risk of complications that are typical in a traditional ICU environment.
  • Family engagement and empowerment, especially in daily rounds by health care providers (doctors, nurses, rehabilitation staff, and more) for direct communication, with questions answered on the spot.

Learn more about the ICU Liberation approach.

Personalized ICU Care in Wooster, OH

Give your loved ones the gift of high-quality, personalized care in the comfort of our state-of-the-art ICU facility. For more information about our intensive care unit, we encourage you to give us a call at (330) 263-8371. One of our dedicated team members will be happy to assist you over the phone. You may also visit our care and services representative on the second floor of the patient tower at Wooster Community Hospital for additional information.