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Cardiac Care Unit

Level 1, Battle Block

Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
Berkshire RG1 5AN

Contact details

0118 322 6528

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Visiting hours

Opens  10:45am Closes  12:15pm
Opens  2:00pm Closes  4:30pm
Opens  6:00pm Closes  8:00pm

Visitor limit

2 persons

Photography

No

Flowers

No

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Cardiac Care Unit

The Cardiac Care Unit specialises in the care of patients with acute cardiac conditions, such as: acute myocardial infarcation, acute coronary syndrome, arhythmias and people requiring pacemakers.

The Unit provides access to 24-hour emergency admissions and procedures, as well as weekday investigations and tests. As the Unit is a high care environment there is a higher ratio of nurses to patients than a general ward. 

The Unit consists of three six-bedded bays. As patients admitted are often critically unwell we cannot guarantee patients will be cared for in a single-sex bay. Most patients will be on monitoring equipment above their beds - if this sounds it does not always mean there is a problem.