Inpatient Services
At Carrus Health Specialty Hospital, we offer an array of critical care services. Everything we do at Carrus Health is designed to optimize patient healing and recovery while creating a warm and nurturing experience for patients and their families.
Long-Term Acute Care at Carrus Health Specialty Hospital
We understand how challenging it can be to recover from a serious illness or injury. That’s why we created Carrus Health Specialty Hospital: to provide specialized inpatient care for an extended period for patients who need it.
Long-term acute care facilities like Carrus Health Specialty Hospital serve patients who require comprehensive medical and nursing care. Most come to Carrus Health from traditional hospitals through physician referrals.
We provide care for seriously ill patients who typically have multiple health problems. The treatment programs we develop for each patient are designed to restore their health and quality of life. The doctors and medical staff at Carrus Health Specialty Hospital deliver individualized and compassionate medical care.
Here are a few services we provide our patient community in our long-term acute care facility at Carrus Health Specialty Hospital:
Carrus Health Specialty Hospital’s compassionate cardiac team cares for patients with heart disease and post-op cardiac complications.
Medical conditions that may require our cardiac care and recovery services include:
- Arrhythmia
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive heart failure
- Endocarditis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Post-cardiac surgery infections or wounds
- Post-myocardial infarction (heart attack) complications
- Valvular heart disease
Carrus Health Specialty Hospital’s intensive critical care team performs life-saving care.
Medical conditions that may require intensive critical care include:
- Cardiac conditions
- Complications from diabetes
- Conditions involving multiple affected organs (heart, kidney, lungs, brain, intestines)
- Conditions that are medically complex
- Gastrointestinal diseases
- Post-operative complications
- Pulmonary conditions requiring specialized care such as a ventilator, BiPAP, heated high flow oxygen
- Sepsis or other life-threatening infections
Patients with medically complex conditions may sometimes require intravenous medication as it’s the fastest way to circulate medicine throughout the body. IV therapy may be used to deliver medications, including antibiotics, to treat a wide range of health conditions.
Conditions that may require IV therapy include:
- Bacteremia
- Cardiac conditions requiring vasopressors to constrict blood vessels
- Cellulitis
- Endocarditis
- Fungal infections
- Infected wounds
- Malnutrition
- Osteomyelitis
- Pneumonia
- Post-surgical infections
- Sepsis
- Viral infections
Carrus Health Specialty Hospital’s medical staff includes board-certified intensivist and infectious disease physicians who provide our critically ill patients with specially tailored medical care, including IV therapy when needed.
Some Carrus Health Specialty Hospital patients require continued medical care after certain neurological or traumatic events.
Medical conditions that may require neurological/post-trauma care include:
- Anoxic brain injury
- Medical conditions requiring mechanical ventilator support and weaning
- Neurological disorders (ALS, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome)
- Neurological trauma
- Orthopedic injuries
- Spinal cord injury (paraplegia, quadriplegia)
- Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- Trauma resulting in multiple medical needs
- Acute pulmonary exacerbations (worsening of lung disease symptoms) requiring aerosolized medications
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Conditions requiring airway care and pulmonary secretion management
- Conditions requiring BiPAP/CPAP management
- Conditions requiring supplemental oxygen delivery (high-flow oxygen, nasal cannula, mask)
- Emphysema
- Neuromuscular disorders (ALS, Guillain-Barre, myasthenia gravis, quadriplegia, paraplegia)
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary conditions requiring pulmonary hygiene and rehabilitation
Our acute kidney care program is designed to provide highly effective, evidence-based interventions to treat renal insufficiency or failure. Additionally, patients receive detailed education about their kidney disease and any co-existing conditions. We offer medication management, as well as in-house dialysis.
Conditions that may require renal insufficiency/failure acute care services include:
- Acute renal disease with initiation of hemodialysis
- Conditions requiring disease education to minimize risk of future complications
- Conditions requiring peritoneal dialysis
- End-stage renal disease with dialysis support
- Renal insufficiency and recovery
The expert wound care team at Carrus Health Specialty Hospital will devise a specific care plan to address each patient’s needs. We also provide wound care education and training for patients and their loved ones for greater independence and self-reliance.
Conditions that may require acute wound care services include:
- Amputations
- Arterial and vascular ulcers
- Burns
- Diabetes complications
- Fistulas
- Infected or draining wounds
- Nonhealing wounds, whether due to diabetes, surgery, trauma, or other causes
- Open wounds
- Pressure ulcers requiring reduction surface/mattresses or specialized beds
- Stage III or IV wounds
- Wounds requiring a vacuum-assisted device for proper healing
- Wounds requiring debridement
At Carrus Health Specialty Hospital, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional services to our patients. Whether you're coming in for a routine check-up or a more complex procedure, you can be assured that you will receive the highest quality of care. To meet with our medical professionals at Carrus Health Specialty Hospital in Sherman, Texas, contact us at (903) 870-2600.
