Intensive Care Unit

Critical care in Harker Heights, TX

The intensive care unit (ICU) at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights is prepared to offer you and your loved ones the highest quality of critical care when it matters most. Our ICU team includes hospitalists, intensivists, registered nurses, respiratory therapists and nurse practitioners, all prepared to provide fast and effective medical treatments at a moment’s notice. We also offer ongoing care from wound specialists, physical therapists, nutrition specialists and speech pathologists. Our ICU is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you’re experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911. If you need emergency care, please visit our ER or see our emergency care page for more information.

Visiting hours and information

We encourage family members of patients in the ICU to come visit us, but we ask that you please follow these guidelines:

• Family members of patients are welcome any time except during shift changes, which are from 6:30 - 7:30am and 6:30 -7:30pm.
• Please utilize the intercom prior to entering the ICU.
• You may be asked to leave the ICU based on procedures, events, changes in the environment, or a patient’s need to rest.
• If you have come to visit the ICU but have temporarily stepped out, we ask that you please call us before re-entering.
• Children under the age of 10 are not allowed to visit the ICU. This is to minimize the risk of transmitting infections to both patients and children.
• Please limit visitors to two persons at a time.
• To reduce the risk of infection, flowers, fruits, and live plants are not allowed in the ICU.

If you have further questions about our ICU, please call the nurse’s station for more information: (254) 680-6289