At the Johns Hopkins Burn Center, your family member’s health and recovery are our primary concerns. We realize that this is a stressful time for you and want to provide as much support as possible.
The Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) at the Burn Center is designed to provide advanced treatment for the burned patient. Burn Center patients need highly skilled medical attention, including close observation and the use of sophisticated monitoring equipment and comprehensive skin treatments.
Patients may be monitored 24 hours a day. In each room, there is a monitor that records the patient’s heart rate, blood pressure, respirations and pressure in the heart. These monitors can be observed from the nurses’ station and at the bedside. Other specialized equipment also may be used to care for the patient. A physician is readily available 24 hours a day.
Burn care requires a team approach. The team includes nurses, physicians, occupational and physical therapists, nutritionists, social workers and counselors.
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The shower room table where in-patients receive wound care. |
- In an effort to minimize the spread of infection, you may be asked to wear gloves and a gown to cover your clothes while visiting.
- Please wash your hands with soap and water before leaving the patient’s room.
- Please notify the nurse if you have a cold or other communicable disease before entering a patient’s room. You may be asked to wear a mask.
- Due to new federal privacy laws, giving out patient information by phone, other than condition, is prohibited.
- Please choose one family spokesperson to make phone calls to the unit regarding patient condition. This will allow us to spend more time at the bedside caring for your loved one.
- The spokesperson may call the nurses’ station 24 hours a day.
- Visiting hours are 2 to 7 p.m. daily.
- Please call or stop by the nurses’ station before visiting.
- Only two visitors are allowed in a patient’s room at a time.
- Please, for their own protection and safety, no children under the age of 12.
- No fresh flowers or live plants are allowed.
- Please speak to the charge nurse for any special circumstances or requests.
Parking, Cafeteria, Gift Shop and Hotel Information
- The visitor’s parking lot charges a maximum daily rate of $8 for any time over six hours. Cost of parking ranges from $3.00 to $6 for up to six hours of parking.
- Bayview Café hours are 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
- Gift shop hours:
- Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Closed Sunday
- Please contact the social worker for hotel information and accommodations.
