Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital
Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital
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Address
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| Shoalhaven Street Nowra NSW. 2541 |
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Telephone
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| 02 44213111 |
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Type of Unit
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| ICU / CCU / HDU |
Unit Services
Services offered include ventilatory support, invasive and non invasive monitoring. Here at Shoalhaven Hospital we have a Coronary Care/ High Dependency/ Intensive Care Unit that has eight (8) beds. 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.
If the patient does not improve or needs the support of other specialised equipment such as dialysis (kidney machine), the patient will need to be transferred to another intensive care unit that provides these specialised services.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.
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
One doctor (Intensive Care Staff Specialist), who has trained in intensive care medicine, leads our unit. He is present in the Unit 4 days a week, the Unit is covered by an anaesthetist for the remaining 3 days.
We also have four(4) less senior doctors who care for the patients in this Unit seven (7) days a week, 24 hours a day 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) to three (3) patients during the shift.
Our unit also has the help of Allied Health Care Professionals such as physiotherapist, pharmacist, dietician and social worker through the day.
How To Get To Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital
A map of the hospitals's location is below. A more detailed map can be found at the Whereis Online WebSite.
