NEUROINTENSIVIST

-HOSPITAL SHOWCASE

ROLE

Telephone

(689) 304-8648
Neurocritical Care Specialists, Inc.

Address

2430 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. Suite 108-519
Naples, FL 34109

Neurointensivist Hospital Benefits

The addition of neurointensivists to the care team provides key opportunites for reducing healthcare costs and expanding the current service lines already offered by healthcare systems.

Neurointensivist Hospital Benefits
  • 01

    Neurological Emergency Management

    • Rapid and accurate diagnosis
    • Timely decision-making
    • Prompt intervention
  • 02

    Improved Patient Outcomes

    • Decreased Mortality in High-acuity Patients
    • Improved Chances for Functional Recovery
  • 03

    Optimization of ICP Control

    • Prevention of secondary neurological injury
    • Appropriate utilization of ICP monitoring technology
  • 04

    Decreased Mortality-TBI

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI)-30% mortality reduction
  • 05

    Decreased Mortality-Stroke

    Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) or subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)-28% Ischemic stroke-variable
  • 06

    Decreased Mortality-General Neurocritical Care

    General neurocritical care-25-30% reduced mortality compared to general ICU care
  • 07

    Improved Functional Outcomes

    • Prevention of secondary neurological injury
    • Optimal sedation and analgesia
    • Early rehabilitation and mobilization
    • Optimal hemodynamic and respiratory management
    • Nutritional support
    • Delirium prevention
  • 08

    Improved Multi-disciplinary collaboration

    Care coordination Seamless transitions
  • 09

    Family Communication and Decision-Making

    • Clear prognostic communication
    • Support in end-of-life car
  • 10

    Decreased Healthcare Costs

    • Decreased ICU length of stay
    • Improved outcomes reducing the need for long-term services

Hospital Needs Assessment

Existing Care Capability

  • Intensive Care Beds
  • Staffing
  • Specialists Availability

Patient Volumes/Cases

  • Annual admissions with neurological emergencies
  • Annual ICU patients with neurological diagnoses
  • Annual transfers for higher level of care

Clinical Infrastructure

  • Open vs. closed ICU
  • Administrative team
  • Physician and nursing leadership

Neurology/Neurosurgery Expertise

  • On-site neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventioinal radiologists
  • Diagnostic capability-EEG MRI, CT

Care Gaps

  • Services not currently offered (i.e. continuous EEG)
  • Feedback from staff, patients, and families

Clinical Protocols

  • Current protocols for neurocritical illness
  • Evaluation of protocol deficits related to neurocritical illness

Services Workflow

Services Workflow

Compliance and Security

Compliance and Security

Neurointensivist Role

NEUCARES

Neurointensivist Role
01

Diagnosis and Management of Acute Neurological Injuries

  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Acute ischemic stroke
  • Intracranial hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Staus epilepticus
  • Encophalopathy or meningitis
  • Postoperative management for neurosurgical procedures
02

Comprehensive Care

  • Neurocritical illness
  • Cardiac complications
  • Pulmonary management
  • Renal complications
  • Infectious conditions
03

Life-saving Treatments

  • Neuroprotective Strategies
  • Management of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
  • Management of intracranial pressure
  • Seizure management
04

Family Communication and Decision-Making

  • End-of-Life Support
  • Accurate prognostication
  • Emotional support
  • Medical team liason
  • Addressing ethical challenges
05

Multi-Disciplinary Care Coordination

  • Neurosurgeons
  • Neurologists
  • Critical Care Providers
  • Critical Care Nurses
  • Physical Therapists
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • Other Specialists
06

Neurological Monitoring and Advanced Therapeutics

  • ICP monitoring
  • EEG monitoring
  • Ventilator management
  • Hypothermia
  • Sedation protocols
  • Pharmacological therapies

CONTACT US

-NEUROCRITICAL CARE SPECIALISTS, INC.

NEUCARES

Telephone

(689) 304-8648
Neurocritical Care Specialists, Inc.

Address

2430 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. Suite 108-519
Naples, FL 34109