by trivent-scu | Oct 5, 2022 | COVID19, Staff Spotlight, UAB
Providing high-quality care and decreasing hospital length of stay are two top priorities for Special Care Unit (SCU), so it was imperative to bring on a leader who understood and embraced these goals. Enter Emily Hilliker. Emily Hilliker The North Carolina native... 
by trivent-scu | May 20, 2022 | COVID19, Staff Spotlight, UAB
Managing critically ill, medically complex ventilator patients with multiple comorbidities poses significant challenges related to throughput, length of stay, readmissions and risk of hospital-acquired conditions. During Becker’s Hospital Review’s 12th... 
by trivent-scu | Jan 10, 2022 | COVID19, UAB, Ventilator
After spending 79 days in the hospital and 39 on a ventilator due to Covid-19, one Special Care Unit patient, Justin Moon, is on a mission to encourage everyone who is eligible to get the vaccine. “We were unsure of the vaccine, and we were wrong. My situation did not... 
by trivent-scu | Jan 7, 2022 | COVID19, PCU
Javier Lastra On July 13, 2020, Javier Lastra tested positive for Covid-19. On the 10th day, after losing his sense of taste and smell, his oxygen levels dropped dangerously low and he was rushed to the hospital. “I thought I was having a major anxiety attack, but it...