Intensive Care
Our critical and intensive care teams at Baton Rouge General have the expertise and technology to treat severe and life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Highly trained doctors and nurses specialize in the medications and equipment your loved one needs during trauma, sepsis, multiple organ failure, severe burns, respiratory distress syndrome and other acute illnesses.
Learn more about critical care areas of BRG:
- Cardiac Cath Lab
- Certified Chest Pain Center
- Emergency Room
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Primary Stroke Center
- Specialized Burn Care
Intensive Care Unit Visitation Guidelines:
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Visiting hours:
- 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- 8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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Visitors are not allowed to enter unit from
- 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
- 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Children age 12+ are allowed to visit, but anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult
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1 visitor may stay with the patient at all times. Up to 3 visitors are allowed during visiting hours.
- Food and drink are not allowed in the ICU
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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Visiting Hours:
- 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- 7:30 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.
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The NICU will be closed during the admission of a new baby, if deemed necessary by the nursing staff
- Only two visitors will be allowed in the NICU and at the infant's bedside at one time.
- Siblings of the NICU infant (ages 2 - 17) are allowed to visit. No children younger than 17 are allowed to visit if they are not the infant's sibling. No child under 2 years old is allowed to visit the NICU.
- Adult visitors are required to show proof of identification.
- Visitors must observe proper hand hygiene compliance.
- Visitors will be screened for signs and symptoms of an acute illness.
- Visitors' temperatures will be taken on entry to the NICU and must be less than 100⁰ F.
- Food and drinks are not allowed in the NICU.
Contact Us
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
(225) 387-7640
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
(225) 763-4150
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
(225) 763-4145
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Baton Rouge, LA 70809
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Baton Rouge, LA 70806
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