Unit Description
Welcome to the Bendigo Hospital Intensive Care Unit!
The purpose of this document is to orientate you to the Unit and give you an outline of what is expected of you during your period with us.
The following are included here:
The purpose of this document is to orientate you to the Unit and give you an outline of what is expected of you during your period with us.
The following are included here:
- Summary of your role & daily duties
- Outline of daily ward routine & business functions
- Daily ward round presentation
Key contacts
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Intensivists:
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Nurse Unit Manager: Darcy Bales
ICU Clinical Nurse Consultant: Jenni Tuena |
For more details, see Team members and Useful contacts.
Unit details
- Combined ICU/CCU: 20 physical beds, 6 funded (7 for 5 days per week as of 2019)
- 6 ventilators
- 3 non-invasive ventilators
- 3 haemofilters
- IABP
Nursing shifts
There are 3 nursing shifts each day:
07:00 - 15:15
13:30 - 22:00
21:30 - 07:30
The staff for each shift comprises Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) and 7 patient-care nurses, and an ACCESS (Assitance, Coordination, Contingency, Education, Supervision, Support) Nurse – the ACCESS nurse also attends all Code Blue and MET calls.
07:00 - 15:15
13:30 - 22:00
21:30 - 07:30
The staff for each shift comprises Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) and 7 patient-care nurses, and an ACCESS (Assitance, Coordination, Contingency, Education, Supervision, Support) Nurse – the ACCESS nurse also attends all Code Blue and MET calls.
Nurse-patient ratios
Patients designated ICU 1:1
Patients on ventilator, haemofilter, inotropes and most patients on full-face NIV
Patients designated ICU 1:2 (HDU)
All other patients who are not Coronary Care, including all peri-operative AMIs
Patients designated CCU 1:2
Patients on ventilator, haemofilter, inotropes and most patients on full-face NIV
Patients designated ICU 1:2 (HDU)
All other patients who are not Coronary Care, including all peri-operative AMIs
Patients designated CCU 1:2