A highly specialized intensive care unit, dedicated to patients recovering from neurological or neurosurgical procedures, is located within a designated neuroscience floor at Winthrop. Patients here benefit from the latest technology, including 24-hour monitored beds, as well as round-the-clock physician's assistant staffing. Once patients are ready to leave the closely monitored intensive care environment, they remain on the neuroscience floor or stepdown unit, clustered with other patients recovering from similar medical events. Nurses, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, and other allied health professionals on the floor are uniquely trained and focused on the specific needs of neurosciences patients.
The Winthrop Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is the only combined neurological and neurosurgical ICU on Long Island. This fourteen-bed unit provides intensive care to patients with serious brain and spine diseases. Advanced technologies, such as continuous EEG monitoring, mechanical thrombectomy for stroke, and intracranial pressure monitoring, are employed to personalize therapy for each patient and to improve outcomes. Our multi-disciplinary team includes dedicated neuroscience nurses, neuroscience physician assistants, neurologists, neurointensivists, and neurosurgeons. Physical, occupational, and speech therapists familiar with neurological diseases work with our patients seven days a week.