The Shock Trauma Unit is a dedicated 15-bed intensive care unit for our most critically injured patients. It is directed by trauma physicians and staffed by eight trauma nurses and two nurse trauma practitioners with the specialized training and experience required to provide the intensive care needed by these patients.

As a result of this dedicated approach, Crozer’s Shock Trauma Unit has reduced patients’ length of stay in intensive care. In the last year, our patients’ length of stay in the Shock Trauma Unit was reduced by two days on average. In addition, our geriatric trauma death rate was reduced by half, to below the Pennsylvania state average. The Shock Trauma Unit also takes special care to help patients continue their recovery following intensive care. Within 48 hours after a patient is discharged from intensive care to the Step-down Unit, a Shock Trauma Unit nurse visits the patient and consults with step-down nurses to assure continuity of care.