respiratory medicine at Western Health

services as at Feb 2015

low risk patients and those requiring NIV can generally be admitted to either campus - Sunshine or Footscray
- Intermediate Respiratory Care Unit (IRCU) Sunshine ward (in 3F) will have 2 NIV machines, while Footscray will have 3 machines
thoracic surgery and vascular surgery will only be at Footscray hence some of the restrictions outlined below
each campus will have their own resp. reg and HMO during normal hours M-F
after-hours M-Th via a on-call consultant who covers both campuses
after-hours F-Mon 8am via a on-call resp. reg (and backup consultant) who covers both campuses
ward rounds on weekends

in the initial months, some patients at Sunshine should be considered for HDU instead of resp. ward at Sunshine such as:
- asthmatics requiring adrenaline infusion
- PE post-thrombolysis

massive haemoptysis
pneumothorax with air leak requiring underwater seal drainage
venous thromboembolism patients needing IVC filter or intravascular thrombolysis

as the Sunshine ward does not have access to an ultrasound machine, patients in Sunshine should have this done in ED