PRH holds ribbon cutting for expanded ICU, new cardiac care unit

A view from the nurses' station on the intensive care side of the new Intensive Care/Cardiac Surgical Stepdown unit at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. (Courtesy photos)

PORTSMOUTH - Portsmouth Regional Hospital this week will open its expanded Intensive Care Unit and a new Cardiac Surgical Stepdown Unit, enhancing patient care, and providing a better patient experience and more resources to care for the critical health needs of the New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts Seacoast regions.
The ICU expansion will include six additional beds, bringing the unit's total to 23. The Portsmouth Regional Hospital ICU is a vital service for the region and the units' care teams specialize in open heart surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, comprehensive stroke, inclusive of clot retrieval and aneurysm coiling, neurosurgery, and trauma.

Portsmouth Regional Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its new Intensive Care and Cardiac Surgical Stepdown unit earlier this month with a ribbon cutting. From left, Portsmouth Regional Hospital CEO Dean Carucci; Megan Gray, Associate Chief Nursing Officer; Michelle Dodd, Chief Nursing Officer; Lindsay Anderson, RN; Portsmouth Mayor Deaglan McEachern; Steven Krasnica, MD; Kendall Leary, RN; Trish Yaxley, RN; Diane Newcombe, ICU nurse manager; and Assistant Mayor JoAnna Kelley

PRH is the only hospital in the Greater Seacoast Region to offer all of these comprehensive service lines.
The new 15-bed Cardiac Surgical Stepdown Unit will focus on treating patients recovering from open heart surgery, as well as other complicated cardiac procedures. The new unit features fully equipped rooms with bedside equipment and state-of-the-art technology to ensure continual monitoring of these cardiac patients and enhanced services for patients and their families. "We are continually investing in our hospital and our community to ensure patients throughout Portsmouth and the Greater Seacoast Region receive world-class care close to home," said PRH chief executive officer Dean M. Carucci. "Portsmouth Regional Hospital believes strongly that the community should never have to leave the state or region for their care, and these capital investments and program developments are one facet in accomplishing this mission and vision. These programs and investments make working at Portsmouth an exciting place for healthcare professionals to grow their career and be in a place of continual learning."
About Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth Regional Hospital is a 234-bed acute care hospital located in Portsmouth, serving the Seacoast region's residents in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. The private, tax-paying hospital is one of the area's largest employers and is the only ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center on New Hampshire's Seacoast.
Portsmouth Regional Hospital is the Seacoast's only comprehensive heart and vascular program, and has the region's only 24/7 comprehensive neurosurgical and stroke clot retrieval and aneurysm coiling programs for both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Portsmouth Regional Hospital, along with Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester and Parkland Medical Center in Derry, is a member of HCA Healthcare's Capital Division, one of the nation's leading providers of health care services. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.