LTACHs provide highly advanced and focused care for patients who have not responded to short-term treatment in traditional general hospitals. The average length of stay in an LTACHs is 25 days as compared to a 3-5 day average in a general hospital. Patients appropriate for LTACHs include those who are ventilator dependent, suffering from multi-organ failure or deep wound ulcerations., Echo tech/EKG inpatients and out patients (link removed)>