Tamworth Base Hospital
Tamworth Base Hospital
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Address
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Tamworth Base Hospital
Johnston St Tamworth
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Telephone
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| (02) 6767 7700 |
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Type of Unit
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| ICU / HDU/CCU/Burns |
Unit Services
The Acute Care Unit is a combined Critical Care Unit servicing critically ill patients from all the New England Area Health Service (NEAHS) currently consisting of 19 beds –7 Intensive Care, 6 Coronary Care, 4 High Dependency Unit and 2 Burns Unit.
All of these beds have the capability of monitoring patients cardiac rhythm, blood pressure and other important patient parameters. 4 Telemetry units allow ambulant patients to have continuous heart monitoring. We have 7 ventilator machines also known as “life support” and 2 non-invasive breathing machines to assist patients who have difficulty in their breathing.
We have 2 dialysis
machines available for acutely ill patients whose kidneys fail to
function. We have approximately 1500 admissions per year 50% of who are
Cardiac patients. The unit cares for patients requiring ventilatory
assistance for respiratory problems such as asthma and pneumonia and
following major surgery or trauma. Other patients include those who
have heart problems such as chest pain, heart attacks and abnormal
heart rhythms and patients with medical conditions that need close
monitoring for a particular reason such as poisoning or infection.
Patients who require specialised care that we cannot provide such as
cardiac surgery and neurosurgery will be transferred to a tertiary
hospital as the need arises. Critically ill children who require
ventilatory support will also be transferred. Major burns are also
transferred to a Specialised Tertiary Hospital.
Unit Staff
The Medical Director and other specialised Emergency Physicians who have Intensive Care training, lead our unit. One of these Doctors
is present in the unit each day and after hours can be reached by
telephone. Specialised Visiting Medical Officers including Physicians
and Surgeons are involved in these patients care.
They are supported by an ICU registrar or resident doctor for 24 hours day/ 7 days week.
The unit has a Nurse Manager and a Clinical Nurse Unit Manager, they
are supported by 50FTE nurses including 2 clinical Nurse Educator and
Data Collection Officer. A senior nurse
is in charge on each shift after hours. The unit also has a Trauma
Clinical Nurse Consultant and a MET Nurse Coordinator who provide
invaluable skills and knowledge to the nursing staff.
Experienced nurses and specialised Doctors also form part of the
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Retrieval Service which provides care to
critically ill patients in outlying hospitals within the HNEAHS.
Visitor Services
- Expectations of Visitors
- Visiting Hours
- Mobile Phones
- Waiting room
- Flowers
- Visitor Accommodation
- Support services (eg social worker/Pastoral Care)
- Hospital shop/Canteen
- ATM
- Phones
- Parking
- Hospital Patient Liaison
- Finding the ICU
Accommodation Availability
Accomodation is available on site at the Rotary Units which contain kitchenettes for use.
Other Hospital Services
Other service departments within the hospital such as Physiotherapy, Social Work, X-ray, Pharmacy, Dietetics and Pathology support the service we provide.
How To Get To Tamworth Base Hospital
A map of the hospitals's location is below. A more detailed map can be found at the Whereis Online WebSite.
