Acute Medical-Surgical Services

The Highland Hospital Admitting Office is open 24 hours a day. It is located off the Main Lobby, 4th Floor of the Hospital Tower.

Main Hospital Number: (510 437-4800
Admitting Office: (510) 437-4360

Program Description:

Critical Care Services
The Critical Care Services provide care for the Medical Center's most acute, critically ill patients. Utilizing state of the art technology, all critical life systems can be monitored on a continual basis. The high nurse to patient ratio supports not only continual patient assessment, but rapid intervention as well. The patient care team is composed of Medical Staff, Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapy, Social Workers, Chaplains, and Clerical staff.

Transitional Care Services (TCU)
The TCU provides a lower intensity of care and service than Critical Care, for patients who are medically stable but require frequent observation, assessment or have complex patient care needs. TCU patients receive care from a multidisciplinary team similar to the team in the Critical Care Service.

General Medical-Surgical Units
Serving the larger adult medical-surgical patient population, this Service provides care to patients recovering from surgery or receiving treatment for a medical condition.

Complex Patient Care Needs
Acute Medical-Surgical Services are staffed and equipped to meet complex patient care needs. The following diagnoses are routinely found in each of the distinct levels of care:

Cardiac Heart failure Irregular heart rhythm Myocardial infarction Surgical General Abdominal and Vascular Surgery Neurosurgery Orthopedics Oral and Maxillo-facial Urology Wound management and care General Medicine Diabetes

Respiratory Distress Pneumonia Stroke or Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) Infectious Disease Management Tuberculosis Sepsis and General infections HIV/AIDS Management Oncology Episodic and end of life Cancer Care Trauma Care Blunt Trauma ( Auto accidents, falls, work related injuries) Penetrating Trauma (Gun shot wounds, knife, etc.)