Medical Intensive Care / Acute Lung Injury
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
is a regional referral Center for medical intensive
care. The 24-bed unit is continuously staffed
by two board-certified, medical intensivists
and by a team of physicians-in-training. The
medical team is complemented by a senior critical
care pharmacist, a respiratory therapist, physical
and occupational therapists, a speech therapist,
and by one of the most experienced teams of critical
care nurses in the United States.
This unit is
also one of several sites in the United States
selected by the National Institute of Health
for clinical studies to determine the best
treatments for respiratory failure. Transport
to the Medical
Intensive Care Unit can be arranged at any
time by our air ambulance, PENNSTAR, or via
ground
transportation. Locations
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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