Level 3—Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PCICU and PICU)

In Stead Family Children's Hospital

200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242 United States

Additional Contacts
For Emergency Consultation: 1-800-322-8442. The Division Main Office: 1-319-356-1615.
Level 3
Inpatient Unit
1-319-356-4135
Floor Graphic for level 3 of UISFCH

Level 3 houses our Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

There are 28 private patient rooms. One patient per room enhances rest, privacy and promotes healing by helping prevent infection. Large windows in every room let in natural light.

Getting there: Take the public elevators to Level 3; look for the green fox icon. For the safety of all patients and visitors all inpatient units are secured to request entry, call the unit clerk from the phone in the elevator lobby. Once admitted to the unit, visitors must wash their hands as directed. 

Patients We Serve

  • Critical Care
  • Critical medical & post-surgical illness
  • Advanced Monitoring & Treatment
  • Multi-system trauma
  • Respiratory failure
  • Sepsis
  • Heart failure
  • Organ transplantation care

Helpful resources for patients and families while on Level 3

Each patient room will be divided into three areas. The care team zone includes a sink and access to supplies. The patient zone includes the patient’s bed, OneView TV (a interactive education and entertainment system for patients and families), and a colorful lighting system known as Drew’s Lamp. The family zone includes a sleeping area to support two adults. A nearby recliner lays flat for sleeping and has a glider feature for soothing patients and siblings.

Each family zone also includes a TV for the family and lights that can be controlled separately from other lights in the room. All rooms include a locking storage cabinet and a refrigerator, both for family use. 

Rooms are the same handed in design, meaning that the room layout is identical in every patient room on this level. As a result, beds will never share a common wall, cutting down on noise transfer between rooms. The layout improves staff efficiencies and patient safety so staff can focus more readily on patients.

Patient rooms on Level 3 are different than rooms on other inpatient floors. Every room in the PCICU and PICU has a unique piece of equipment suspended from the ceiling known as a boom. Each boom is positioned near the patient’s bed, allowing 360-degree access to the patient at all times.