SVBGH ICU is the only critical care unit for our hospital, this 24-bed unit provides many services to our hospital! Some of their most utilized specialties include cardiac, cardiothoracic, vascular, neuro, neurosurgery, and trauma services. ICU has MRT responders who respond to medical response team alerts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Outside of MTs the care provided on the unit is uniquely special. The nurses in ICU are known to hold the hands of dying patients to comfort them. 2020 brought everyone a new challenge: COVID. The ICU team jumped into action to prepare the unit for a year full of fear of the unknown. Utilizing our commitments and safety habits, the team provided medical care to those who needed it and provided support to those family members who were left behind due to visitation restrictions. Their resilience in themselves and their nursing practice is something to be proud of on any day. The ICU team certainly stands out as a group of outstanding professionals who provide empathy, compassion, teamwork, and expertise to anyone in need.

From a patient: To the most caring, generous, well-trained, and efficient staff of medical professionals ever to be assembled, I wish to truly thank you. Came to the ED having been exposed to COVID and hardly able to breathe on my own. Each of you who came to assist me, willfully and without hesitation, put your own lives in jeopardy while trying to help me, knowing full well there was a possibility that I could infect you. For this, I wish to thank you! You devoted your attention to me, just as if I were the only one in the hospital. There are no words to express the gratitude I feel toward the staff of the ICU. It was very evident to me that years of training and accumulative knowledge had given you the necessary understanding of medicine, but it was even more evident that the care you were giving me, the nursing, was coming from your hearts. I felt as if I were surrounded by angels the entire time. For this, I wish to thank you!