Expert Care for Preemies in Paducah, KY
Health Professional(s):
- Edward O’Neill, MD, Neonatology - Baptist Health Paducah
- Erin Johnson, Paducah, Kentucky
Edward O’Neill, MD:
"My role as a neonatologist at Baptist Health is to provide care for newborns who need intensive care. Our job is to make sure, once an infant is born, that we're there to do any resuscitation, admit the baby if necessary, and provide their care until discharge. We do keep babies down to about 26 weeks now. It just depends on how the baby is doing and what the baby might need."
Erin Johnson:
"It was important for us to come to Baptist because they had the NICU available in the hospital, [and] finding out that we needed to have an emergency C-section with how early she was at 29 weeks. They were able to provide those services. We were transferred by ambulance within 20 minutes because they had the NICU here."
Edward O’Neill, MD:
"A level 3 NICU is the third tier in the levels of nursery care, from level 1 being newborn to level 4 being the highest level of care, and can range [in age] from 22 or 23 weeks to a full-term infant."
Erin Johnson:
"It was so important that we were closer to home because having to leave Emma at the hospital when I got dismissed, it made us as comfortable as we could be. It was a blessing to be eight minutes away and be up here, having 24-hour access. We brag to really anyone that we talk to about Emma's journey and how amazing the Baptist staff and the NICU staff have been throughout our entire journey."
