Bendigo Health ICU Manual
  • Home
  • Administration
    • Team members
    • Useful contacts
    • Orientation >
      • ICU Orientation PPT 2019
      • ICU Orientation Guide 2019 >
        • Unit description, inl. contacts, unit details and nursing support
        • Duty Hours
        • Expectations
        • Lines of Responsibility
        • Hospital at Night
        • ICU to Ward patient discharge process - flowchart
        • Ward Rounds
        • Ongoing patient management: prescribing, investigations
        • MET calls
        • Deaths in ICU
        • Clinical Performance meeting preparation
        • Bendigo Health ICU Manual
        • ICU Hub
        • Research
        • Dress code
        • Infection Control
        • Procedures
        • Intubation
        • Education & Learning opportunities
        • Admissions & Refusals
        • Phones & Pagers
        • National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
        • Unit Guide: Feedback & Disclaimers
        • Disclaimer
        • HMO Learning Objectives
      • ICU ROVER 2019 >
        • Introduction
        • Unit description and Key Contacts
        • HMO Schedule: ward rounds and handovers
        • HMO responsibilities: admissions & discharges
        • Rostering & Education
        • Common medical conditions managed in ICU
        • Useful resources
        • Basic rules
      • ICU Consultant Orientation Guide 2019 >
        • Structure of Bendigo Health
        • Administration in ICU
        • Clinical >
          • Clinical (introduction)
          • Referrals
          • Clinical Documentation - Admissions & Discharges
          • Deaths in ICU
          • External transfers
          • St John of God ICU (SJOG)
          • Structure of the day
          • Ward Rounds & Handover
          • Interface with other units
          • Clinical Management - local practices >
            • Introduction
            • Respiratory
            • Cardiovascular
            • Renal / CRRT
            • Nutrition
            • Endocrine
            • Infection and antimicrobials
            • Care bundles
            • Resuscitation and Advanced Care Planning
            • Analgesia
          • Outreach responsibilities >
            • Introduction
            • Follow up clinic
        • Non-clinical expectations >
          • Introduction & Portfolios
          • Mandatory competencies
          • Professional Development Reviews (PDRs)
          • Meetings
      • Orientation & Guides (downloadable versions)
    • App user tips >
      • FindMyShift
      • Kronos
      • Synapse
    • VHIMS >
      • VHIMS Resources (intranet only)
      • How to enter a VHIMS (intranet only)
    • Social Media Etiquette
    • BASIC equipment loan
    • ICU Consultants Only >
      • Echuca Telehealth Consults
      • Shift swap form for consultants
      • Electronic TiL request form
      • CME Claim Process
  • Clinical
    • Admissions & Discharges >
      • Admissions & Discharges
      • Guideline to Surgical Admissions
    • Daily ICU review & care >
      • FAST HUGS IN BED PLEASE
      • Oxygen prescribing
      • Oxygen - Paediatric considerations
      • Care of the Invasively Ventilated Patient – Adult Patient (PROMPT)
      • Assessing for extubation
      • Nutrition in ICU
      • Thiamine prescribing
      • Patient Diaries
    • Drugs & Infusions >
      • Inpatient prescribing practices
      • Common ICU Drugs
      • Drug Infusions A-Z
      • Drugs by system/action >
        • Antibiotics
        • Diuretics
        • Antithrombotic therapy
        • Analgesics in ICU
        • Antipyretic
        • Anticonvulsants
        • Antiplatelets
        • Antihypertensives
        • Beta-blockers
        • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
        • Aperients / Laxatives
        • Prokinetics
    • Care bundle >
      • Post-cardiac arrest care (TTM) (PROMPT)
      • Care of the Post-Operative Patient
      • Spinal Trauma- CPG's (includes cervical spine clearance) (PROMPT)
      • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
    • Clinical Protocols + Guidelines >
      • Approach to patient with suspected influenza
      • RAPID INFLUENZA AND RSV TESTING
      • Stroke Protocol (SCV Oct 2018)
    • NIV >
      • Domiciliary (Home) non-invasive ventilation (NIV)/CPAP patients
      • NIV (PROMPT)
    • Tracheostomy Management
    • PICCO decision making tree
    • CRRT
    • Procedures
    • The Dying Person in ICU >
      • Care of the Dying Patient
      • Organ & Tissue Donation
    • Patient transfers >
      • Emergency calls to the helicopter pad
      • Transferring ICU patients >
        • Intra & Interhospital transfers
        • MRI transfers - special considerations
    • Welfare & other supports for patients and family >
      • Visiting times
      • Social work, pastoral care & aboriginal hospital liaison officer support
      • Interpreter services
      • Patient relations office
  • Beyond Clinical
    • Education & Training >
      • Education & Training >
        • Learning and Training in ICU
        • CICM Primary Exam education
        • Curated educational videos & websites >
          • Virtual bronchoscopy
        • Mandatory training for medical staff
      • Term Assessments >
        • Registrar Assessments and In-Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)
        • Registrar term assessments (consultant access only) >
          • Term Assessment form (consultant access only)
      • Procedures and Skills Competency Assessments >
        • Bendigo Health ICU DOPS
        • CICM CVC WCA
        • CICM Tracheostromy WCA
        • CICM Pleural Drain WCA
        • CICM Ventilation WCA
        • CICM ALS & BLS WCA
        • CICM Communication WCA
        • CICM Brain Death WCA
        • CICM OCA
        • ANZCA DOPS
        • ACEM DOPS
      • Echocardiography in ICU
      • BASIC Provider & Instructor Courses
      • Paediatric BASIC Provider & Instructor Courses
      • Other education opportunities
      • Paediatric crit care education
      • Useful learning links
    • Research & Quality >
      • Research >
        • STARRT AKI
        • SuDDICU
        • PLUS study
        • Recent Publications
    • Well-being >
      • Mentorship
      • Looking after yourself and colleagues
  • Paediatric ICU
    • Introduction
    • GO NOW Criteria
    • Admission criteria for paediatric HDU/ICU
    • Commonly used SCV Paediatric Guidelines >
      • Asthma
      • Bronchiolitis >
        • Bronchiolitis
        • Respiratory Distress Score for monitoring patients with bronchiolitis on HFNC and CPAP
      • Croup
      • Diabetic ketoacidosis >
        • Algorithm for the management of DKA (to be read in conjunction with SCV guideline)
        • SCV - Diabetic ketoacidosis
      • Seizures >
        • Febrile seizures
        • Non-febrile seizures
      • The Septic Child >
        • Assessment & Management (SCV)
        • Criteria for rapid ICU admission of children with sepsis
      • Dehydration >
        • Dehydration
        • IV fluid management
    • Paediatric Crit Care Education >
      • ED/Paeds education sessions
      • Paediatric equipment 'treasure hunt'
      • Curated paediatric educational videos
      • Other paediatric crit care education opportunities
    • Paediatric Resus Card
  • Emergency!
    • Code Blue: ALS algorithms >
      • Adult ALS algorithm
      • Paediatric ALS algorithm
      • Obstetric cardiac arrest flowchart
    • Emergency algorithms/mnemonics >
      • Airway
      • Breathing
      • Circulation >
        • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
      • Disability
    • MET calls: common scenarios >
      • Staff concern
      • The Dying Patient
      • Hypoxic Type 1 Respiratory Failure
      • Hypercapnoeic Type 2 Respiratory Failure
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Hypotension and CV Shock
      • Altered consciousness
      • The Agitated Patient
      • Oliguria/Anuria
    • MET calls: resources
    • Paediatric Resus Card

Switchboard

99

or

​(03) 5454 7000

or

​(03) 5454 7001


ICU

ICU Registrar Phone    46391
ICU Outreach registrar phone 47538
ICU Liaison nurse phone 47936
ANUM phone 48701
Nurses Station    47927

ICU Residents pagers
See roster for resident allocation
HMO 1 #2472
HMO 2 #3404
HMO 3 #3175
HMO 4 #3194


Consultant Staff

Dr Jason Fletcher    jfletcher@bendigohealth.org.au 
Dr Sanjay Porwal    sporwal@bendigohealth.org.au 
Dr Emma Broadfield    ebroadfield@bendigohealth.org.au 
Dr Cameron Knott    cknott@bendigohealth.org.au 
Dr Janice Yeung    jyeung@bendigohealth.org.au 
Dr Tim Chimunda    tchimunda@bendigohealth.org.au

Nursing Staff

NUM Darcy Bales    47930
Research Nurses    47940     
​Bed Manager    48903, A/Hs 47633

Junior Doctor Ward Staff

AGSU Registrar    46156
AMU Registrar    46185
Anaesthetic Registrar    48870
Med A Registrar    46062
Med C Registrar    46187
Surgical A Registrar    46321
Surgical B Registrar    46322
Surgical C Registrar    46323
Ortho Registrar    46157
O&G Registrar    46158
​Paeds Registrar    47811

Allied health

Dietician    48062/fax 47138
Pharmacy    49003/fax 49007
Physiotherapy    48783/fax 49041 
Social Worker    47121/47143/fax 47138
Speech Pathology    48783/fax 49041

Pathology     

Reception    48950
After hours pathology    46300
Blood bank    48972
Albumex    48973
Haematology    48949
Histology    48962
Microbiology    48965

Imaging

Reception    48661        
X-ray booking    48630
CT Scan    48660
MRI    47080
MRI Tech    47085
Fax    48645                          

Medical Records

Histories    48309     
Labels ED Desk a/Hrs    48310/fax 48314    

Wards

Emergency department
    Nurses station    48109​            
    Triage    48102                           
    Ward clerk    48100                    
    General lines    48106/48107                
    Trauma    48108                        
    Admitting officer    48104        
Medical Unit
    Ward Clerk    48675/48678      
    MAPU    48675                            
Surgical Unit
    Nurses station    47235            
    Ward clerk    47236                 

    Doctors station    47237          
    Complex care Unit    47256     
Operating theatres
    Recovery          

ARV & PIPER

ARV    7932/ 1300 36 86 61
PIPER    1300 137 650 (for all paediatric, neonatal, perinatal retrievals; formerly PETs and NETs)       

Major metropolitan hospitals

The Alfred Hospital    (03) 9076 2000
Royal Melbourne Hospital    (03) 9342 7000
​Royal Children's Hospital    (03) 9345 5522
Royal Women's Hospital    (03) 8345 2000
St Vincent's Hospital    (03) 9288 2211
Austin Hospital    (03) 9496 5000
​Mercy Hospital    (03) 8458 4444
Monash Medical Centre    (03) 9594 6666

Police and Coroners Office

Bendigo Police    (03) 5448 1300
​Coroners Office    1300 309 519

IT Help Desk

48470

Pay Office

49340
  • Home
  • Administration
    • Team members
    • Useful contacts
    • Orientation >
      • ICU Orientation PPT 2019
      • ICU Orientation Guide 2019 >
        • Unit description, inl. contacts, unit details and nursing support
        • Duty Hours
        • Expectations
        • Lines of Responsibility
        • Hospital at Night
        • ICU to Ward patient discharge process - flowchart
        • Ward Rounds
        • Ongoing patient management: prescribing, investigations
        • MET calls
        • Deaths in ICU
        • Clinical Performance meeting preparation
        • Bendigo Health ICU Manual
        • ICU Hub
        • Research
        • Dress code
        • Infection Control
        • Procedures
        • Intubation
        • Education & Learning opportunities
        • Admissions & Refusals
        • Phones & Pagers
        • National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
        • Unit Guide: Feedback & Disclaimers
        • Disclaimer
        • HMO Learning Objectives
      • ICU ROVER 2019 >
        • Introduction
        • Unit description and Key Contacts
        • HMO Schedule: ward rounds and handovers
        • HMO responsibilities: admissions & discharges
        • Rostering & Education
        • Common medical conditions managed in ICU
        • Useful resources
        • Basic rules
      • ICU Consultant Orientation Guide 2019 >
        • Structure of Bendigo Health
        • Administration in ICU
        • Clinical >
          • Clinical (introduction)
          • Referrals
          • Clinical Documentation - Admissions & Discharges
          • Deaths in ICU
          • External transfers
          • St John of God ICU (SJOG)
          • Structure of the day
          • Ward Rounds & Handover
          • Interface with other units
          • Clinical Management - local practices >
            • Introduction
            • Respiratory
            • Cardiovascular
            • Renal / CRRT
            • Nutrition
            • Endocrine
            • Infection and antimicrobials
            • Care bundles
            • Resuscitation and Advanced Care Planning
            • Analgesia
          • Outreach responsibilities >
            • Introduction
            • Follow up clinic
        • Non-clinical expectations >
          • Introduction & Portfolios
          • Mandatory competencies
          • Professional Development Reviews (PDRs)
          • Meetings
      • Orientation & Guides (downloadable versions)
    • App user tips >
      • FindMyShift
      • Kronos
      • Synapse
    • VHIMS >
      • VHIMS Resources (intranet only)
      • How to enter a VHIMS (intranet only)
    • Social Media Etiquette
    • BASIC equipment loan
    • ICU Consultants Only >
      • Echuca Telehealth Consults
      • Shift swap form for consultants
      • Electronic TiL request form
      • CME Claim Process
  • Clinical
    • Admissions & Discharges >
      • Admissions & Discharges
      • Guideline to Surgical Admissions
    • Daily ICU review & care >
      • FAST HUGS IN BED PLEASE
      • Oxygen prescribing
      • Oxygen - Paediatric considerations
      • Care of the Invasively Ventilated Patient – Adult Patient (PROMPT)
      • Assessing for extubation
      • Nutrition in ICU
      • Thiamine prescribing
      • Patient Diaries
    • Drugs & Infusions >
      • Inpatient prescribing practices
      • Common ICU Drugs
      • Drug Infusions A-Z
      • Drugs by system/action >
        • Antibiotics
        • Diuretics
        • Antithrombotic therapy
        • Analgesics in ICU
        • Antipyretic
        • Anticonvulsants
        • Antiplatelets
        • Antihypertensives
        • Beta-blockers
        • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
        • Aperients / Laxatives
        • Prokinetics
    • Care bundle >
      • Post-cardiac arrest care (TTM) (PROMPT)
      • Care of the Post-Operative Patient
      • Spinal Trauma- CPG's (includes cervical spine clearance) (PROMPT)
      • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
    • Clinical Protocols + Guidelines >
      • Approach to patient with suspected influenza
      • RAPID INFLUENZA AND RSV TESTING
      • Stroke Protocol (SCV Oct 2018)
    • NIV >
      • Domiciliary (Home) non-invasive ventilation (NIV)/CPAP patients
      • NIV (PROMPT)
    • Tracheostomy Management
    • PICCO decision making tree
    • CRRT
    • Procedures
    • The Dying Person in ICU >
      • Care of the Dying Patient
      • Organ & Tissue Donation
    • Patient transfers >
      • Emergency calls to the helicopter pad
      • Transferring ICU patients >
        • Intra & Interhospital transfers
        • MRI transfers - special considerations
    • Welfare & other supports for patients and family >
      • Visiting times
      • Social work, pastoral care & aboriginal hospital liaison officer support
      • Interpreter services
      • Patient relations office
  • Beyond Clinical
    • Education & Training >
      • Education & Training >
        • Learning and Training in ICU
        • CICM Primary Exam education
        • Curated educational videos & websites >
          • Virtual bronchoscopy
        • Mandatory training for medical staff
      • Term Assessments >
        • Registrar Assessments and In-Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)
        • Registrar term assessments (consultant access only) >
          • Term Assessment form (consultant access only)
      • Procedures and Skills Competency Assessments >
        • Bendigo Health ICU DOPS
        • CICM CVC WCA
        • CICM Tracheostromy WCA
        • CICM Pleural Drain WCA
        • CICM Ventilation WCA
        • CICM ALS & BLS WCA
        • CICM Communication WCA
        • CICM Brain Death WCA
        • CICM OCA
        • ANZCA DOPS
        • ACEM DOPS
      • Echocardiography in ICU
      • BASIC Provider & Instructor Courses
      • Paediatric BASIC Provider & Instructor Courses
      • Other education opportunities
      • Paediatric crit care education
      • Useful learning links
    • Research & Quality >
      • Research >
        • STARRT AKI
        • SuDDICU
        • PLUS study
        • Recent Publications
    • Well-being >
      • Mentorship
      • Looking after yourself and colleagues
  • Paediatric ICU
    • Introduction
    • GO NOW Criteria
    • Admission criteria for paediatric HDU/ICU
    • Commonly used SCV Paediatric Guidelines >
      • Asthma
      • Bronchiolitis >
        • Bronchiolitis
        • Respiratory Distress Score for monitoring patients with bronchiolitis on HFNC and CPAP
      • Croup
      • Diabetic ketoacidosis >
        • Algorithm for the management of DKA (to be read in conjunction with SCV guideline)
        • SCV - Diabetic ketoacidosis
      • Seizures >
        • Febrile seizures
        • Non-febrile seizures
      • The Septic Child >
        • Assessment & Management (SCV)
        • Criteria for rapid ICU admission of children with sepsis
      • Dehydration >
        • Dehydration
        • IV fluid management
    • Paediatric Crit Care Education >
      • ED/Paeds education sessions
      • Paediatric equipment 'treasure hunt'
      • Curated paediatric educational videos
      • Other paediatric crit care education opportunities
    • Paediatric Resus Card
  • Emergency!
    • Code Blue: ALS algorithms >
      • Adult ALS algorithm
      • Paediatric ALS algorithm
      • Obstetric cardiac arrest flowchart
    • Emergency algorithms/mnemonics >
      • Airway
      • Breathing
      • Circulation >
        • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
      • Disability
    • MET calls: common scenarios >
      • Staff concern
      • The Dying Patient
      • Hypoxic Type 1 Respiratory Failure
      • Hypercapnoeic Type 2 Respiratory Failure
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Hypotension and CV Shock
      • Altered consciousness
      • The Agitated Patient
      • Oliguria/Anuria
    • MET calls: resources
    • Paediatric Resus Card