Critical CareCritical Care
NHW has an eight bed Critical Care Unit (CCU) located on the first floor of the acute block. CCU specialises in providing care for patients who need care and intervention that is highly specialised and intensive. Often patients with cardiac conditions and those that have had major surgery will spend time in CCU.
The clinical staff working in CCU include doctors, nurses and allied health and the care provided by these staff is coordinated by a Nursing Unit Manager and a Consultant Doctor (Anaesthetist). Nursing staff working in CCU are required to have post graduate qualifications and skill levels to care for intensive care patients. At NHW all nursing staff working in CCU have formal post graduate qualifications or are currently studying through the Rural Critical Care Course.
NHW collect clinical indicators for CCU, such as length of stay for specific conditions and patients having to transfer to another hospital because of lack of CCU beds. When data is compared with other CCU's in Victoria, results show the care NHW provides is equal to or better than any other Victorian CCU.
CCU is a very well equipped unit and considerable resources are invested each year to ensure state of the art monitoring, diagnostic and core equipment is maintained and up-to-date.
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