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Hello, and welcome to the Heart and
Vascular Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Today, we're going to show you and your family around, so
you know where you're going and what to expect upon arrival
when you come here for a procedure or surgery.
On the day of your procedure or surgery,
you will come here to the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
There's plenty of parking in the Orleans Street garage that is
connected to this building by a bridge,
as well as valet parking at our main entrance.
Once you cross the bridge, you will check in at the security
desk and then look for the green elevators.
The Heart and Vascular Institute is located on several floors
of the Sheikh Zayed Tower.
Registration is on the fifth floor directly across from
the elevators.
You can speak with a patient advocate and check in at one of
the kiosks, where you'll provide some basic information.
You may wait here in the family lounge until you're
called to the registration area.
You can register right around the corner.
This is an integrated registration area for
all cardiac and vascular procedures.
If you are having vascular or
cardiac testing such as an Echo which is a heart ultrasound or
other imaging, after you have checked in on the fifth floor,
you and your family will go down to the fourth floor lounge.
Someone will come and escort you back to the lab.
Your family members can wait for you, and
also keep track of your progress on the overhead monitors.
Now, let's go to the echo-vascular lab.
>> This is the echo-vascular lab, you may come here for
echocardiogram, a stress test, or a transesophageal echo.
The echo and
vascular labs serves both inpatients and outpatients.
However, some patients are still seen in the Johns Hopkins
outpatient center.
>> All of our sonographers are either credentialed through
the ARMDS, The Association of
Radiologic Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, or through
the CCI, the Cardiovascular Credentialing International.
>> The echo and vascular lab is accredited through
the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
We also have nurses in the echo lab, who have received
specialized training for echocardiography procedures.
>> Here's a vascular imaging room.
We have state of the art equipment, not only for
patients, but for our sonographers.
Patients may come to the vascular lab for pre and
post-op testing for arterial, venous and corroded disease.
We take great pride in the coordination of care with our
shared echo and vascular patients.
>> Now that we've seen the vascular testing and procedural
area, let's go back to the fifth floor, where the majority
of cardiology and cardiac surgery procedures take place
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This is the family lounge area on the fifth floor.
If you're having a procedure done,
you may use one of the lockers, right here.
You will have access to a locker once you check in and
a lock will be provided for you.
Your family can wait for you here and
also, keep track of your progress on the overhead boards.
We also have two private consultation rooms, so
that your physicians can update and
consult with your family members.
Your family members do not have to wait in this area
the entire time.
Conveniently located downstairs, we have Balducci's,
where you can get a snack, or a sandwich, or salad.
And a coffee bar, including bakery treats.
Right across the way is the pharmacy and the gift shop.
The interfaith chapel is also located on the main level, and
is open 24 hours.
The staff will contact you on your cell phone,
should you need to be reached.
The fifth floor comprises the procedural areas.
Through this door, you will go to the prep area,
where you will have the opportunity to meet your care
team before your surgery or procedure.
And you'll have a chance to ask any remaining questions.
>> This is the prep area, where you will be prepped for
your surgery.
If you're having a procedure where you go home the same day,
or if you are just staying one night,
you may return here to recover in one of these transition beds.
Up to two family members may stay here with you,
until you are ready for your procedure or surgery.
Once you've been prepped,
you will be taken to a procedure room or surgical operating room.
>> This is our procedural area, including procedure rooms and
hybrid rooms that have the ability to become suites for
those more complex cases.
All rooms are updated with the latest technology including
imaging capabilities.
The design of this building and our staff practices,
help to make the environment sterile and safe.
The cardiac and
vascular operating rooms are just adjacent to the caf and
electrophysiology labs and our hybrid rooms.
This close proximity allows for multi-specialty consultation and
collaboration.
When you're considering where to have your procedure done, it's
really important to consider not only the procedure that you need
but also the availability of the care beyond that procedure.
At the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
we take care of the full spectrum of procedures,
from routine to complex and everywhere in between.
This hospital was specifically designed
with the ability to escalate your care, should you need it.
>> Once your procedure is complete,
a representative from the care team will notify your family,
and you will be moved to your recovery area.
>> This is the cardiovascular surgical intensive care unit or
CVSICU.
Depending on the procedure you have, and
it's complexities you may come to the ICU.
Either this one or one similar to it.
All ICU rooms are private.
Whichever intensive care unit you are in,
the focus is patient, family, centered care.
Your family will be encouraged to be a part of daily rounds.
This will help both you and
your family understand your course of care.
There are sleep sofas in each room, and
there are open visitation hours.
Of course, your loved one is welcome to stay.
But we do encourage family members to consider going home,
so that they are well rested, so that they are better able to
care for you when you are discharged.
The nursing ratio in an intensive care unit is
one nurse for every one to two patients.
Each morning a team of care providers will meet with you and
your family, to discuss your progress and
answer any questions.
>> Once you are ready to leave the ICU, you will go to another
unit to continue your recovery and prepare for discharge.
>> This is the PCCU which is the Progressive Cardiac Care Unit.
All these rooms are private and
have a bathroom with an en suite shower.
There's also a place for family members to spend the night.
As with the ICU, there are also a family respite areas,
where family members can go to relax and
still be close to their loved one.
When you're clinically ready to be discharged and
waiting to be picked up, you may be transferred back to
a transition bed until your transportation arrives.
>> When you are discharged, you will be given additional
information and instructions about your care, and
contact information should you have any questions.
We have post-op nurses available 24/7, and
you will have easy access to your cardiac surgery care team.
If you had cardiac surgery, your post-op visit will be scheduled
before you leave the hospital.
The date of your post-op visit depends on the type of surgery
or procedure you had and
whether you were discharged to your home or another facility.
When you come back for
your post-op visit, you will see someone on your care team.
If you have a cardiology procedure,
you typically will go back to you referring cardiologist or
primary care physician.
When you are ready for discharge,
your nurse will arrange the discharge time,
which will likely be early in the day.
A nurse or someone in your care team will escort you to where
you will be picked up.
If you're going home, you can have a family member pull up to
the front of the circle to pick you up.
We hope that this information about the Johns Hopkins Heart
and Vascular Institute has been helpful to you.
Our goal is to provide quality, compassionate care for
our patients and their families.
If you're interested in making an appointment to see one of our
Heart and Vascular physicians,
please watch the video on scheduling for more information.
Thanks for watching.
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