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One of the biggest misconceptions I hear from patients and families is that Step Down Care is simply a smaller version of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), or an upgraded version of a normal hospital ward. It is neither. A Step Down Unit exists for a very specific type of patient at a very specific […]

If you ask most families what a Step Down Unit is, you’ll usually hear one of two answers. “It’s where patients go before they go home.” Or: “It’s basically ICU, just with fewer machines.” After years of caring for patients during this critical stage of recovery, I can tell you that both answers miss the