Manly Hospital

Manly Hospital

Unit Services

Manly Hospital has an Intensive Care Unit that is part of the Northern Beaches Intensive Care Service. We have eight beds to look after patients who need Intensive Care, High Dependency or Coronary Care. Patients in the unit can be placed on monitors that show us their heart rate and their blood pressure. We also have machines (called ventilators) that can assist the patient in their breathing.

Not all patients who come to our unit need a ventilator to help them breathe.Patients that require specialised care – e.g. burns, major trauma, brain (neuro) surgery or heart (cardiac) surgery will not come to our unit at all but will be transferred as soon as possible to a specialised intensive care unit at another hospital. Some patients with kidney problems can be dialysed in the unit.

Children (16 years or younger) who need intensive care services also need special care and they too will be transferred to a specialised intensive care unit at another hospital.

Unit Staff

Three (3) doctors (Intensive Care Staff Specialists) lead our unit. One is present in the unit daily. When not in the unit they can be reached by telephone. We also have four less senior doctors who cover the unit 24 hours seven (7) days a week. There is a Nurse Unit Manager in charge of the Unit. She is available Monday to Friday 07.00am to 03.30pm.

There is a senior nurse in charge of the unit every shift. If a patient needs help with their breathing (on a ventilator) then each shift, one nurse will look after that patient. If a patient can breathe without the help of a ventilator, one nurse may be taking care of two (2) patients during the shift.

Our unit also has the help of Allied Health Professionals such as physiotherapists, pharmacists, dieticians and social workers through the day.

Visitor Services

Expectations of Visitors

We ask that only immediate family visit and a limit of two visitors at a time at the bedside. Please note that during your visit there may be times when you are asked to wait in the waiting room due to medical rounds and procedures occurring in the unit.

Visiting Hours

Generally visiting hours of Coronary Care patients and High Dependency patients are       restricted to:  1pm – 7 pm.  Visiting times of Intensive Care patients are flexible, however   there may be times where this needs to be restricted.

Mobile Phones

Please do not operate mobile phones in the Intensive Care Unit as they may cause         interference with electronic medical equipment.

Waiting room

There is a waiting room attached to the Unit for use by relatives.

Flowers

Flowers are not allowed in the Unit.

Visitor Accommodation

There is no accommodation for visitors on site, but Social Workers can provide a list of    local accommodation if required.

Support services

These can be contacted by asking the nurse looking after your relative.

How To Get To Manly Hospital

A map of the hospitals's location is below. A more detailed map can be found at the Whereis Online WebSite.