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Carmela752Carmela752
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Does this help you at all? The NICU levels are explained toward the bottom of the page, under "Recommendations."

https://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;114/5/1341

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Re: Lemen

  • lemen99lemen99 member

    hm that's what I found too!

    So there is no level 4? Someone referred to St. V. Women's as level 4, but it looks like a 3d.

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  • Carmela752Carmela752

    I found this too:

    https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-forum/does-nicu-level-116172.html

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  • Carmela752Carmela752

    It's kind of looking like level IV is a NICU where sick babies get transferred from other facilities...in which St.V's and Riley would both be included.

    Do you know if St. V's does ECMO and open heart type stuff? I know Riley does.

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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    Yeah, they do ECMO and heart surgeries - - they get a lot of transfers for that.
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  • Carmela752Carmela752

    I figured they did since they have a neonatal/pediatric critical care transport truck like Riley does.

    I have no idea what the difference between IIId and IV is then, if St. V's is designated as IIId.

    I know that with trauma centers, there are some very "fine print" differences between some Level IIs and Level Is. (Level I is the highest designation in the trauma world, so they're the opposite of NICU levels.)

    For example, Parkview in Fort Wayne is a Level II...but they have helicopters bring patients in, and they take trauma just like a Level I would.

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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    Yeah, weird!

    Cause the nurses told us level4, but then the website says level 3d..maybe it's just an insignificant or terminology difference? haha no idea

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