Luke's high-frequency ventilation uses very rapid rates of breathing, very often at four to five hundred times a minute, to allow infants to breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide when other more conventional forms of ventilation are inadequate. Luke's Neonatal Transport Team consists of registered nurses and respiratory therapists who are specially trained in the management and transport of critically ill or premature newborns.
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Luke's from Allen with our neonatal transport team, which uses a high-frequency portable ventilator aboard Lifeguard air ambulance.
Luke's NICU in Cedar Rapids means babies are sometimes transferred to St. When critical care is needed, nothing replaces speed of care, expertise and experience. Luke's, only 60 miles from Waterloo, and sent back to Allen Hospital once the clinical condition of the baby improves. Infants born less than 30 weeks of gestation and patients needing higher level of care are safely transferred to the NICU at St. Luke's NICU, the only Level III NICU in the Cedar Rapids area. Luke's NICU keeps families together and closer to home.Īs part of UnityPoint Health, Allen's NICU has a strong working relationship with St. We strive toward family-centered care and our relationship with UnityPoint Health – St. Total Cesarean Section Rate 21.1% - our c-section rate is well below the national average of 32.7% (CDC data) Security Measures (advanced alarm infant security system) Patient Satisfaction in 99th Percentile (Press Ganey) Leading-edge Medical Treatments & Therapies (probiotics, Bubble CPAP, volume guarantee mode of ventilation) Keeping Babies Close to Home - patients 30 weeks and under transferred within UnityPoint Health system as appropriate
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