| Shands Critical Care Center
The Shands Critical Care Center at the University of Florida, located on the first floor of the Shands at UF South Campus complex, provides advanced critical care, emergency and trauma medicine to the people of north central Florida in one of the most carefully designed and sophisticated facilities of its kind.
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Emergency Department
The new Emergency Department is the largest in the region, with the capacity to treat up to 100,000 patients a year. It includes large private patient rooms and spacious trauma rooms, all arranged around a central nursing station for enhanced patient care. Pediatric services are also provided, as well as a pediatric waiting area specially designed for younger patients.
Radiology in the Emergency Department
Emergency Department and trauma service teams require immediate imaging to diagnose and treat patients as quickly as possible. The Shands Critical Care Center includes two digital radiography rooms, as well as imaging equipment in each of the four trauma rooms.
In addition, the hospital’s main Radiology Department is located next door to the Emergency Department. It is equipped with three sophisticated CT scanners, an MRI scanner, two ultrasound machines, two digital radiology rooms and a fluoroscopy room to provide comprehensive imaging technology.
ShandsCair
A helipad for the ShandsCair helicopter is located on the center of the new hospital tower’s roof to make the transport of trauma and emergency patients more efficient, speeding treatment when seconds count.
Fast Facts
Facts about the Shands Critical Care Center on the South Campus:
- The ShandsCair helicopter makes about 700 transports a year, averaging roughly two patient transports each day.
- The elevator ride from the helipad to the Shands Critical Care Center will take only nine seconds - the length of a goldfish’s attention span.
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