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Hospital Director of intensive care Supervisor of training
Bundaberg Hospital Dr Sunil Singh Dr Sunil Singh
Caboolture Hospital* Dr Hamish Pollock Dr Ben Margetts
Cairns Hospital Dr Drew Wenck Dr Cath Tacon
Gold Coast University Hospital Dr Jonathan Fields Dr Greg Comadira / Dr Andrew Semark
Hervey Bay Hospital Dr Ravi Pillai (acting) Dr Umesh Kadam
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital Dr Rob Barnett Dr Rodd Brockett
Ipswich Hospital Dr Neeraj Bhadange Dr Judith Ochola
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Dr Kevin Plumpton & Dr Christian Stocker
Dr Bruce Lister / Dr Adrian Mattke
Logan Hospital Dr Hayden White Dr Khoa Tran / Dr Sunil Sane
Mackay Base Hospital Dr Edda Jessen Dr Stuart Baker
Mater Adult Hospital Dr Shane Townsend Dr Peter Scott / Dr Amod Karnik
Nambour Hospital Dr Chris Anstey Dr Vikram Masurkar / Dr Michael Putt
Princess Alexandra Hospital Dr Chris Joyce Dr Roslyn Purcell / Dr Anand Krishnan
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital Dr Nai An Lai Dr David Stewart
Redcliffe Hospital Dr Hamish Pollock Dr Ben Margetts
Robina Hospital Dr Julio Alonso Babarro Dr Yogesh Apte
Rockhampton Hospital Dr David Austin Dr Sam Marment / Dr David Austin
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Prof Jeffrey Lipman Dr Rajeev Hegde / Dr Anthony Holley
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Dr John Fraser Dr Gwynne Bentley
The Prince Charles Hospital Dr Marc Ziegenfuss Dr Jayshree Lavana
Toowoomba Hospital Dr Adam Visser Dr Manimozhi Vellaichamy
Townsville Hospital ICU Townsville Hospital PICU*
Dr Geoff Gordon Dr Scott Simpson
Dr Melita Trout Dr Greg Wiseman
Wesley Hospital Dr Ranald Pascoe Prof Bala Venkatesh
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Bundaberg Hospital Public / private Public Unit patient mix Adults Unit bed number 6 Unit annual admissions
613
Staffing & Supervision
PHO staffed with an on call Anaesthetic Consultant
CICM accreditation Basic Training Unit casemix Includes obstetrics and trauma Highlights / benefits Daily teleconference and teaching rounds with RBWH Hospital web link Bundaberg Hospital
Caboolture Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 2 plus mixed HDU/CCU beds
Unit annual admissions
350
Staffing & supervision
• Unit Director • Staff Specialists (CICM) 5.0 FTE • 6 Registrars
CICM accreditation Foundation Training
Unit casemix • General Medical • Surgical (Orthopaedic, General, Obstetric, ENT)
Unit benefits / highlights
• Free parking • Friendly atmosphere • Daily teaching Multi-Disciplinary Team round • Dedicated teaching time every Thursday • Weekly ICU Teleconference • Ample “hands-on” procedural experience with supportive supervision • Video Bronchoscopy, Echocardiography • Active research program and involvement in multi-centre clinical
research via the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group • Regular dedicated theatre time for anaesthetics and airway management
experience • Co-located with CCU
Hospital Web link Caboolture Hospital
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Cairns Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult / Paediatrics Mixed
Unit bed number 16
Unit annual admissions
>700
Staffing & Supervision
5 FTE FCICM, 5 part-time FANZCA specialists 10 registrar positions (including ANZCA and ACEM trainees) 1 senior registrar/provisional fellow Dedicated critical care SHO rotation
CICM accreditation C12 (pre-2014); unlimited general and paediatric (P12) (post-2014)
Unit casemix • Tropical Diseases • Complex Medical and Surgical • Indigenous medicine • Trauma • Paediatrics
Unit highlights / benefits
• Dedicated registrar education program with protected ICU registrar teaching
• Weekly primary examination tutorials through Dept of Anaesthesia • Daily infectious diseases rounds • Weekly radiology teaching • Dedicated ICU Sim training room with weekly SIM sessions • Expanding research program • Dynamic, evolving unit • Close to the Great Barrier Reef & Daintree Rainforest • Affiliated with James Cook University Medical School
Hospital web link Cairns Base Hospital www.icucairns.org
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Gold Coast University Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adults / children (over 8 years)
Unit bed number 18
Unit annual admissions
1500
Staffing & supervision
• Unit Director • 8 Specialists (various backgrounds from anaesthesia, internal medicine
and emergency medicine) • 16 Registrars • 2 Resident Medical Officers.
CICM accreditation C24
Unit benefits (drawcard)
• Affiliated with medical schools at Griffith & Bond Universities • Increase in breadth and depth of tertiary services available • Research and teaching opportunities available
Unit casemix • Accepts admissions from all departments (except burns) • Cardiothoracic surgery • Neurosurgery • 1/3 admissions are major trauma
Unit highlights / benefits
• ICU in the new University Hospital opened in September 2013, the ICU is growing rapidly both from a service perspective, and to accommodate the tertiary needs of the new GCUH.
• Excellent education programme through all levels of medical staff (including medical students), a full time research nurse, and very strong echo skills and teaching.
• Externally the Unit is well represented in external education courses such as EMST, BASIC, Echo, and exams.
Hospital web link Gold Coast University Hospital Gold Coast Intensive Care
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Gold Coast University Hospital – Children`s Critical Care Unit
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Paediatric (collocated within adult ICU; separate rosters)
Unit bed number 4
Unit annual admissions
400-500
Staffing & supervision Supervision by FCICM specialists
CICM accreditation C6
Unit casemix Level 4 PICU service with mixed paediatric medical and surgical patients.
Unit highlights / benefits
• The CCCU supports other paediatric services within the hospital and provides a line and sedation service
• Collocation within large adult ICU (including major trauma, cardiac surgery)
• Embedded high-fidelity simulation training program • Close link with Brisbane PICU for teaching, including APICS, Paeds
Basic • Unit functionally operates as a satellite PICU in collaboration with the
centre level 6 PICU at Lady Cilento Children`s Hospital in Brisbane
Hospital web link Children’s Critical Care Service
Hervey Bay Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adults/ paediatrics
Unit bed number 5 ICU / 3 CCU
Unit annual admissions
375
Staffing & supervision F/T Intensivist led unit., 3FTE + 5 PHO’s of which 4 are in training program ( 3 ED and 1 Internal Medicine)
CICM accreditation Foundation +rural
Unit casemix Medical / Surgical / Paediatrics / Minor trauma
Unit Highlights / Benefits
• Active teaching schedule with simulation, presentations and journal club.
• Good location to start ICU training and ideal for young families. • Fraser Coast access to Fraser Island, Sandy Straight, Whale watching
Hospital Web link Hervey Bay Hospital Pathway training hospitals - 5 -
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
Public / private Private
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 15 bed
Unit annual admissions
1300
Staffing & supervision The ICU staff comprises of an intensivist, medical fellow available 24 hours per day and a dedicated registered nursing staff, all of whom are committed to providing high quality care to our patients.
CICM accreditation C6
Unit casemix • mechanical ventilation • postoperative recovery after major surgery including open heart
surgery • complex haemodynamic monitoring • acute renal dialysis • management of complex organ dysfunction • emergency response to all areas of the hospital
Highlights /benefits
• excellent teaching with exposure to consultant 1:1 often • 5 Registrars 7on-7off 12hr shift roster • teaching on Tuesdays with posts backfilled • holidays and leave easily accommodated • busy and diverse; excellent for basic trainees
Hospital web link Holy Spirit Private Hospital
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Ipswich Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adults / children over 10 years old
Unit bed number 7
Unit annual admissions
550 Admissions/year
Staffing & supervision Full time Director and SoT • 4.25 FTE • 6 Registrars (2 to 3 CICM Trainees, 1 ACEM Trainee, 1 General
Medicine Trainee, 1 to 2 PHOs)
CICM accreditation C6 pre-2014 G6 new curriculum
Unit casemix • General Medical • Surgical specialities, including - O&G, ENT Urology
Unit benefits / highlights
• Weekly Primary Exam Teaching Sessions • Weekly ICU Teleconference • Wednesday Teaching Sessions (protected time) with Registrar
Presentations • Weekly simulations • Radiology Sessions • Thrice weekly Infectious Diseases Discussion Rounds • Friday journal club • Monthly morbidity and mortality meetings • Mandatory 6 monthly audits • Procedure credentialing • Anaesthetics Experience on every 5th week
Hospital web link Ipswich Hospital
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Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
Public / private Public / intermediate
Unit patient mix Paediatric
Unit bed number 24 funded 36 physical
Unit annual admissions
>2000
Staffing & supervision • 12.5 FTE specialists (all FCICM) • 2 Fellows • 10 Senior Registrars • 16 Junior Registrars • Registrars and Fellows are supported by 3 SOTs
CICM accreditation • C24 or all essential requirements for CICM Paediatric IC Core Training • Paediatric component of General FCICM
Unit casemix • All specialities including paediatric cardiac surgery • Includes oncology and burns
Unit benefits / highlights
• Largest PICU in state • Only PICU in Queensland with paediatric cardiac surgery • Paediatric transport service • Active teaching, simulation and research programs
Hospital web link Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
Logan Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 8
Unit annual admissions
600 (Invasive ventilated patients – 220-250)
Staffing & supervision
• Full time Director • 4 ICU Specialists • 6 ICU registrars
CICM accreditation C6 (Advanced training), C12 (Basic training)
Unit casemix • General Adult Intensive Care (Medical and General surgical) • Emergency response for the hospital (MET and Code Blue) • ICU outreach service
Unit benefits/ highlights
• Plenty of scope for procedures • Weekly education sessions on Tuesdays • Weekly ICU telemedicine sessions on Wednesdays • Weekly high fidelity simulation sessions every Tuesday and Thursdays • Exposure to renal replacement therapy, percutaneous tracheostomy,
Bronchoscopy, Temporary transvenous pacing, Invasive hemodynamic monitoring, etc.
• Echocardiography • Research
Hospital web link Logan Hospital
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Mackay Base Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adults/ Paediatrics
Unit bed number 9
Unit annual admissions
600 including 20-25 paediatrics
Staffing & supervision • Full time Director • 3 FTE Intensivists (CICM Fellows) with Physician, ED and Surgical
backgrounds • 5 Registrars • 3 Junior Medical Officers
CICM accreditation Basic/Foundation Training and Rural Placement
Unit casemix • General Medical and Surgical intensive care • Trauma • Obstetrics & Gynaecology • Interventional Cardiology • Paediatric
Unit benefits / highlights
• Great exposure to varied case mix in a regional ICU • Work closely with Intensivists • Excellent education record and exam preparation • Opportunity to learn basic echocardiography • Great work-life balance in a tropical city • Extremely dynamic, supportive and friendly team
Hospital web link Mackay Base Hospital
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Mater Health Services
Public / private Public & Private
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number Mater Adult ICU (16 bed) & Mater Private ICU (10 bed)
Unit annual admissions
>1800 admissions per year combined
Staffing & supervision
• Unit Director • 6.0 full-time Intensivists
CICM accreditation C12 (General Training Unlimited)
Unit casemix • Upper GI surgery, haematology / oncology, tertiary obstetrics, Neurosurgery, interventional cardiology.
Unit benefits / highlights
• The units are equipped with state of the art ventilators and monitoring systems
• Continuous renal replacement techniques are commonly used • Percutaneous tracheostomies are standard practice • Active research program and involvement in multi-centre clinical
research via the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. • Strong focus on education with protected teaching programs for junior
and senior registrars. • Weekly tutorial program for CICM/ ANZCA primary exam preparation • Regular simulations held in the ICU • Teaching on the ward rounds • Training in use of ultrasound in the ICU for vascular access and cardiac
echocardiography • An Echo fellowship program supported by three CICM approved
assessors in Echocardiography •
Hospital web link Mater Hospital Mater Private Hospital
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Nambour General Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 12
Unit annual admissions
900
Staffing & supervision
• unit director (1 FTE) • 5 FTE intensivists (plus 9 intensivists on various fractional appointments) • 4 advanced trainees • 6 registrars • 2 junior house officers
CICM accreditation C12 General training
Unit casemix general adult intensive care excluding cardiac and neurosurgery but including vascular and interventional cardiology
Highlights/benefits • acute teaching referral hospital encompassing a wide range of clinical services
• main health care facility for the Sunshine Coast Health Service District supplying specialist referral to the Sunshine Coast including services for Noosa, Maroochy, Caloundra, Wide Bay health service areas
• services a population of over 500,000 people • excellent clinical outcomes as shown by the unit’s SMR from the Aortic
Database • active teaching programme with weekly simulation sessions and regular
ultrasound/ echo tuition • in-house ultrasound, simulation, renal replacement therapy and airway
workshops • now running ICU BASIC course • training packages available which include guaranteed Medicine and
Anaesthetics, as well as Core ICU time. • excellent support for exam preparation (Primary and Fellowship) • individual and multi-centre research run through SCICCR (Sunshine
Coast Institute for Critical Care Research) • lifestyle – beautiful beaches and magnificent hinterland
Hospital web link Nambour Hospital
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Princess Alexandra Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 30 physical beds - funded for 25 beds on average
Unit annual admissions
2300
Staffing & supervision
• 12 intensive care specialists – 8.7 FTE (consultant supervision and cover available at all times).
• 11 senior registrar positions • 14 junior registrar positions
CICM accreditation C24
Unit casemix • All the major adult specialities with the exception of burns and obstetrics. This includes cardiac and neurosurgery, trauma, liver transplantation, and spinal injuries.
Highlights /benefits
• tertiary referral, university affiliated teaching hospital • active training program for the trainees • There are college examiners for both the primary and the fellowship
exam in the department. • There is an active research program with monthly research meetings.
Trainees are encouraged to participate in current projects and support is offered for the trainees’ own projects. . There is the opportunity to be supervised in higher research degrees.
• focus on Critical Care Echocardiography
Hospital web link Princess Alexandra Hospital
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Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 5 ICU 12 cardiac telemetry beds (co-managed with cardiology)
Unit annual admissions
600 (ICU) 1800 (telemetry)
Staffing & supervision
• Full time Director and 3 part-time ICU specialists • 7 registrars
CICM accreditation Foundation Training
Unit casemix • General medical and surgical intensive care • Major colorectal surgery • Bariatric surgery • Major orthopaedic procedures • Urology referral centre (nephrectomy, radical prostatectomy,
cystectomy with ileal conduit) • Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), CVVHDF with citrate
anticoagulation, percutaneous tracheostomy
Unit benefits / highlights
• Affiliated with University of Queensland and Griffith University • Daily teaching including simulation sessions • Web-based learning package via CSDS • Joint teaching program with Departments of Anaesthesia, General
Medicine, Cardiology and Emergency Medicine • Regular theatre sessions for airway training • Outreach services including rapid response team and acute peri-
operative consult • Active participation in research via ANZICS CTG • Consultants are instructors/faculty members on courses including
BASIC, ALS, EMST, CCrISP, Tub’s, BICMC and ABC for ICU • Friendly and supportive environment • Ample free parking
Hospital web link QEII Hospital
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Redcliffe Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult + Paeds
Unit bed number 7
Unit annual admissions
500 (+20 children)
Staffing & supervision
• Unit Director • Staff Specialists (CICM) 5.0 FTE • Senior Registrar (on Consultant Roster) • 6 Registrars
CICM accreditation C6 G6, Rural
Unit casemix • General Medical • Surgical (Orthopaedic, General, Obstetric, Urology, Bariatric)
Unit benefits / highlights
• Free parking • Friendly atmosphere • Part of Northside Clinical School of University of Queensland • Daily teaching Multi-Disciplinary Team round • Dedicated teaching time every Thursday • Weekly ICU Teleconference, Radiology Meeting & Infectious Disease
Round • Ample “hands-on” procedural experience with supportive supervision • Percutaneous Tracheostomy, Video Bronchoscopy, Echocardiography • CRRT using regional citrate anticoagulation • Active research program and involvement in multi-centre clinical
research via the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group • Regular dedicated theatre time for anaesthetics and airway management
experience
Hospital web link Redcliffe Hospital
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Robina Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 6 funded (capacity to expand to 10 beds)
Unit annual admissions
500
Staffing & supervision • Full-time Medical Director • 2.5 FTE Staff Specialist (all CICM) • 4 VMO • 5.5 Registrars • 1 Resident Medical Officer
CICM accreditation C6
Unit casemix • General Medical • Respiratory • Post-surgical (General and Orthopaedics)
Unit highlights / benefits
• Intervention to high level critical care including dialysis • ICU procedures like bronchoscopy and percutaneous tracheostomy
are standard practice • The ICU team provide the MET service for the hospital, as well as
central line and TPN services • Strong focus on education with extensive teaching programs for
registrars and students (from Griffith and Bond Universities) including weekly simulation sessions
• Flexible roster and arrangement with Anaesthesia department for weekly theatre experience
• Accredited for 6 months Advanced Core Training • Excellent new facilities and state-of-the-art equipment • Relaxed work environment
Hospital web link Robina Hospital
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Rockhampton Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult / Paediatrics
Unit bed number 6 (increasing to 10 in mid-2016)
Unit annual admissions
550 - 600
Staffing & supervision
4.25 SMOs (all CICM Specialists) • Director • Deputy Director • 3 x Staff Specialists • 7 Registrars (including 1 Senior Registrar) • 1 Resident Medical Officer
CICM accreditation C6 + Paediatric + Rural +Trauma rotations
Unit casemix • Extremely varied including paediatrics
Highlights / benefits
• Strong educational programme • 2 Primary Examiners on staff who run dedicated Part One teaching
weekly (highest CICM First Part exam pass rate in Australia) • Very interesting Casemix gives good experience • Isolated by distance hence cope with whatever comes through ED • Exposure to CRRT, nitric, echo etc. • Ample “hands on” experience • Happy and friendly unit • Moving to a brand new unit in April 2016
Local attractions include bull riding, crocodile farm, beautiful beaches and the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Hospital web link Rockhampton Hospital
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Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult (over 15 yrs old)
Unit bed number up to 27 including HDU
Unit annual admissions
2000+
Staffing & supervision • Unit Director: Professor • 13 CICM Specialists – some part-time • 13 advanced trainees • 19 trainee / registrar / medical officer posts • Trainees supported by 2 SOTs (Supervisors of Training)
CICM accreditation C24
Unit casemix • All specialities except solid organ transplants and cardiothoracic. Only Burns centre for Queensland. Large trauma and neurosurgical referral base and significant numbers of complicated bone marrow transplanted patients.
Unit benefits / highlights
• Significantly diverse case mix • Large specialist body with good supervision • Dedicated on-site teaching as well as web-based learning packages • Well integrated system with University backing • Close links to University based Burns Trauma Critical Care Research
Centre • Extensive clinical research programs • Pleasant working environment with registrar-friendly rosters
Hospital web link Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Public / private Private
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 15
Unit annual admissions
1200
Staffing & supervision • Director of ICU • Deputy Director of ICU – CICM Supervisor of Training • VMO Intensivist
CICM accreditation Foundation Training
Unit casemix • Cardiothoracic (400 annual) • Neurosurgical • Orthopaedic • General Medicine / Surgical
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Unit highlights / benefits
• Opportunity for intensive cardiothoracic experience. • Senior intensivists with teaching/supervision interest. • Roster provides good opportunities to prepare for post-graduate
examinations. • Director has joint Private/Public/University appointments.
Hospital web link St Andrews Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adult
Unit bed number 27 ( 22- 24 funded)
Unit annual admissions
~ 1900
Staffing & supervision • Unit Director • 10 Staff Specialists ( 6 F/T; 4 P/T) • 5 - 7 Advanced Trainees • 13 - 15 Registrars
CICM accreditation C12
Unit casemix Predominantly tertiary cardiothoracic medicine and surgery including thoracic organ transplantation and mechanical cardiac support (ECMO and VADs). General, vascular and orthopaedic surgery and general medical and subspecialties.
Unit highlights / benefits
• Adequate, quarantined time for teaching and private study • Supervision graded to Trainees experience • A university title commensurate with experience may also be available. • Active research encouraged • On site gym facility and ample parking available
Hospital web link The Prince Charles Hospital
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Toowoomba Health Service Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Almost completely adult Mix of general surgical, medical, and non-neurosurgical trauma
Unit bed number 15 bed-spaces (ICU / CCU combined), 7 or 8 nurses per shift
Unit annual admissions
800 annual ICU admissions(1350 combined)
CICM accreditation C6
Unit highlights / benefits
• Regional referral centre for Downing Downs and south-west Queensland region, serviced by local helicopter retrieval service
• Toowoomba Hospital is a University of Queensland teaching hospital and houses the main campus of the South-West Queensland Regional Rural Clinical School.
• Campus provides local health professionals and other researchers the opportunity to undertake research in well resourced environment
• Recipient of a number of major grants • Exposure to echocardiography and ultrasound • The first international centre with a rural and remote health care focus • One of the first regional hospitals in Australia to develop a formal
outreach program, giving you opportunity for longitudinal care and follow-up
• A great place to either begin your ICU training, with great consultant supervision and a supportive environment, or for the more senior registrar, a good environment to consolidate your knowledge in a flexible atmosphere where you can begin to take a consultant role
• Busy enough to be interesting, quiet enough for you to pursue other professional interests, be they study, research or other
Hospital Web link Toowoomba Hospital
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Townsville Hospital ICU Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Adults
Unit bed number 14 funded adult (21 physical)
Unit annual admissions
1350 adult
Staffing & supervision
• Unit Director • 6.5 FTE Specialists (All FCICMs) • 3 Senior Registrars • 10 Registrars on a rotating shift roster (adult)
CICM accreditation C24 Accredited for Cardiac/Neurological and Trauma components of training. Paediatric component available in co-located PICU
highlights / benefits
• Tertiary referral, university affiliated teaching hospital • Rural focus in a tertiary centre • Cardiac, Neuro, Trauma, Oncology • No solid organ transplant or Burns • Primary and Final Fellowship examiners on staff • Focus on Critical Care Echocardiography • An evolving research portfolio and focus • Provides a central line service to the hospital and a registrar to attend
MET calls
Hospital web link Townsville Hospital
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Townsville Hospital PICU Public / private Public
Unit patient mix Paediatric
Unit bed number 5 funded, 8 physical
Unit annual admissions
250+
Staffing & supervision
• 4.0 FTE full time Paediatric ICU Specialists (all FCICM) • 6 Registrars on a rotating shift roster
CICM accreditation Foundation training approval for paediatric training
highlights / benefits
• Large regional hospital with tertiary level care and university affiliation • NQ regional PICU for Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa, and other centres • Case mix includes Paediatric Surgery, Neurosurgery, Trauma, Burns
(<40%), ENT, but excludes Paediatric Cardiac surgery and solid organ transplants, which are sent to Brisbane or interstate.
• Prominent indigenous health aspects • Clinical exposure to tropical infectious diseases • Integrated with Fellowship teaching programs for FCICM, FRACP,
FACEM and ANZCA • Regular simulation training • Paediatric echocardiography • Strong Allied Health team • Strong links with Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital PICU, Brisbane • Paediatric Critical Care Service is evolving and supported by separate
Senior and Junior roster Hospital web link Townsville Hospital
Wesley Private Hospital
Public / private Private
Unit bed number 19
Unit annual admissions
1500
CICM accreditation C12
Unit casemix Cardio Thoracic, General Medical ICU, Oncology, vascular, neurosurgical (no neurotrauma), hepatobiliary,
Unit highlights / benefits
• 1500 admissions • Provides a comprehensive range of tertiary level services • One of the largest private intensive care facilities in Australia • ICU boasts state-of-the-art monitoring technology and equipment and
these are upgraded on a regular basis.
Hospital web link Wesley Private Hospital
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