The patient care units at Lubbock Heart Hospital are focused on the health, safety, and satisfaction of its patients. LHH strives to be a patient-focused facility that provides advanced standards in healing, every day. Along with its 74 licensed-bed private rooms, Lubbock Heart Hospital also has over 150 specialty physicians on staff to serve our patients when necessary.

Acute Care Units

Lubbock Heart Hospital has three Acute Care units, one of which is treated as “short stay” for outpatient procedures. In all, there are 58 beds in Acute Care. The staff is extensively trained and qualified in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. The LHH staff is a combination of highly-trained nursing staff, consisting of registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, monitor technicians, unit secretaries and nursing assistants. LHH strives to achieve a 1-to-4 nurse-to-patient ratio as a standard of excellence set by the American Nursing Association.

Coronary Critical Care Unit

Lubbock Heart Hospital’s Coronary Critical Care Unit is a state-of-the-art 16-bed unit, specializing in advanced cardiac care. Highly-qualified staff is available to care for you and your family. All of our staff is specialized in cardiovascular care and are highly professional. Each CCCU room is private, quiet and provides our patients with a view to our facility’s courtyard. Much like the acute care units, CCCU has set its goals for patient care. Its standard of excellence is set at a 1-to-1, or a 1-to-2 nurse-to-patient ratio, depending on the needs of the patient. The care of the patient is individualized according to the need of the patient.

Lubbock Heart Hospital’s goal is to provide the best patient care possible and to strive for quality care and constant improvement. LHH expects all of its patients to have a “very good” experience while in the hospital.

Lubbock Heart Hospital has an emergency room facility with qualified staff to care for each and every individual who walks through its doors. The ER is staffed 24 hours a day with registered nurses and emergency-trained physicians. Cardiologists and Cardiovascular Surgeons are available at all times to care for you and your family. Each patient is given time and attention by our highly-trained staff.

A heli-pad is located just north of the ER to accommodate air traffic from transferring facilities and radio communication is readily available for emergency medical services. LHH is also equipped with a one-call transfer number to assist other facilities in expediting a patient’s transfers to LHH and its specialty physicians.

LHH emergency medical service is prepared for the emergency needs of your family and friends. Our full-service emergency room is committed to seeing you rapidly and efficiently. When you have an emergency, especially when you have the warning signs of a heart attack (see back of panel), remember Lubbock Heart Hospital.

LHH Emergency Care Services:

• Emergency Medical Services Radio Communication
  
• 24-Hour, 7-Day-a-Week Coverage
  
• Local EMS Ambulance Support
  
• Air Medical Support Facility
  
• One-Call Transfer
  
• 5 General & Specialty Exam Rooms

The Lubbock Heart Hospital Cath Lab is another element that makes the hospital a state-of-the-art facility. In the Cath Lab, hemodynamic monitoring is accomplished with the Mac Lab 7000 which provides patient related physiologic information, while Inturis, fluoroscopy equipment built by Phillips, provides premier image acquisition. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is then performed by Optimed. The Optimed system allows the lab to be cineless, or filmless, which saves on the need for storage, chemicals, film and additional staff hours for processing and filing.

Electrophysiology studies are accomplished with the Cardio Lab computer-based monitoring system and the Bloom Electrophysiology Stimulator. Intravascular ultrasound gives the cardiologist another dimension in diagnosis and treatment modalities for vascular diseases.

The Cath Lab team members include RNs, LVNs, X-ray Techs, registered cardiovascular invasive specialists and cardiovascular technologists. Every patient has a talented team of four, in addition to their cardiologist, providing optimum cardiac care.

Catheterization Lab:

• Left and Right Heart Catheterizations
  
• Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
  
• Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty
  
• Coronary & Drug Eluted Stents
  
• Intravascular Ultrasound
  
• Intracoronary Blood Flow Analysis
  
• Myocardial Biopsy
  
• Cardiac Output Determination
  
• Venous and Arterial Angiography
  
• Temporary and Permanent Pacemakers
  
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stenting
  
• Athrectomy
  
• Peripheral Angiography, Angioplasty and Stenting

Electrophysiology Lab:

• Electrophysiology Studies
  
• Ablations
  
• Internal Cardiac Defibrillator
  
• Bi-Ventricular Pacemakers
  
• Temporary and Permanent Pacemakers
  
• Electrocardioversions
  
• Tilt Table Testing

The Lubbock Heart Hospital surgical suite is comprised of three operating rooms, one endoscopy room and an eight-bed Post Anesthesia Care Unit. LHH’s surgical team is comprised of registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, surgical technologists, cardio-pulmonary technologists, perfusionists and ancillary staff. The 30 team members in the surgical unit are trained and certified in the areas of nursing, surgical technology, anesthesiology and cardiovascular perfusion and have extensive experience in the field of surgery. Staying current with advanced techniques, LHH specializes in the following vascular procedures:

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  
• Off-Pump CABG
  
• Peripheral Vascular Procedures
  
• Carotid Endarterectomy
  
• Thoracic Procedures (Thoracotomy, Thoracoscopy, Mediastinoscopy)
  
• Valve Repair and/or Replacement (Mitral Valve & Aortic Valve Replacement)

Non-Cardiac Surgical Services:

• Endoscopy Procedures
  
• General Surgery

What sets the Lubbock Heart Hospital surgical suite apart from other institutions is the fact that it is specialized. Many members of the LHH team have chosen to focus their skills on cardiovascular disease to ensure the best, most up-to-date care for LHH patients.

Clinical Laboratory Services

The full-service Clinical Laboratory at Lubbock Heart Hospital is a CLIA certified facility that continually assesses the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases of testing for effectiveness while in compliance with regulatory standards. In addition, LHH maintains an internal blood bank to support our surgical patients.

With four levels of technical staffing, including phlebotomy, the lab consists
of medical technologists, medical laboratory technologists and laboratory technicians. The Clinical Laboratory of Lubbock Heart Hospital operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Blood Bank
• Chemistry
• Coagulation
• Hematology
• Pathology
• Phlebotomy
• Specimen Referral
• Urinalysis

Pharmacy Services

At Lubbock Heart Hospital, the pharmacy’s mission is to provide optimal pharmaceutical care for all patients. This is accomplished by monitoring the effects of medications, monitoring appropriate and safe drug therapy, meeting the needs of specific patient types and age groups, providing drug information, providing patient and family education, participating in drug studies and staff education, and preparing medications and sterile products.

As part of our pharmacy services, LHH maintains a staff of full-time registered pharmacists and technicians. The pharmacy staff utilizes the latest automation technology to deliver medication to patients quickly and safely.