Strong Regional Burn and Trauma Center

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New Kessler Family Burn/Trauma Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Burn and Trauma ICU at Strong Memorial Hospital

The Strong Regional Burn and Trauma Center has built a 19,000-square-foot, world-class Burn/Trauma ICU for adults, called the Kessler Family Burn/Trauma ICU. The Kessler Family Burn/Trauma ICU is strategically located directly above the two-story Gannett Emergency Department and Laurence and Dennis Kessler Regional Trauma Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital on Elmwood Avenue.

Located one floor above the ICU, will be a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong. Currently, the Strong Regional Burn Center is the center in the Rochester area capable of treating children with burns.

This new configuration is ideal for optimal speed and efficient patient care. The Burn/Trauma ICU will be easily accessible from the Operating Rooms, Emergency Department, PICU and the helipad.

The new ICU will feature the region's largest center with the most advanced equipment and resources, allowing for easy transfer between the units for more seamless patient care.

Advanced Burn and Trauma Care

The Strong Regional Burn and Trauma Center has 23 rooms, with 16 dedicated intensive care rooms and 7 Burn/Step-Down rooms.

The intensive care rooms in the new Kessler Family Burn/ Trauma ICU have special environmental controls and ventilation systems to aid in patient management. The unit is equipped with the latest informational technology support, including wireless connections and telephony support. All rooms have attached computer stations for immediate access to patient information to streamline their care.

The Kessler Family Burn/Trauma ICU also includes:

Family waiting room, spacious and private, so family members have a quiet place to rest and spend time together

Centralized nursing stations located at either end of the unit, to make it easy for nurses to carefully monitor patients and quickly respond to their needs.

Step-Down patient rooms where less critically ill patients stay during their recovery in the hospital

Classroom for presentations, support group meetings and other gatherings, with materials for patients, family members and staff

Consultation room, a centrally located space where families can speak or meet with physicians and other team members privately; this alternative to trying to speak privately in a hallway is one more way this unit will ease the anxieties of people already under stress

This combined center, where burn and trauma patients are cared for in the same area, will be one of the first in the nation and is expected to become a national model for burn and trauma care. Burn and trauma care are distinct specialties, but because of the similarities in the types and severity of injuries, the issues facing patients and staff often overlap. This center will make care more efficient and effective, taking advantage of easy access to the best people and equipment available.