Table of Contents
Western Health favourite links
internet accessible
in this wiki
commonly used external providers
Western Health favourite links
main wiki index page
Western Health ED main page
webmail
patient information sheets (fact sheets)
see also:
Western Health page on this wiki including links to specialty services
Western Health cardiology services
Western Health radiology services including ultrasound
Western Health Pathology Services - Dorevitch
Western Health ED nursing education resource page
Western Health ED medical education and registrar training resource page
Western Health ED medical student education resource page
Western Health Director of Emergency Medicine Training (DEMT) resource page
Western Health Enhanced Crisis Assessment Treatment Team (ECATT)
Western Health ED care coordinators resource page
Western Health Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research (JECEMR)
internet accessible
Vic. DHS Clinicians Health Channel - therapeutic guidelines, MIMS online - requires login, password
PBS - approved medications search
Vic. DHS notification of notifiable infectious diseases
- make sure you SCROLL DOWN to BOTTOM of the linked page to see items!
EMRAP audio CME updates
Find Zebra - search for rare causes os symptoms and signs
Western Health library resources and journal search
in this wiki
main index page
clinical procedures
trauma
toxinology - snake and spider bites, etc
toxicology links and Mx of overdoses and poisonings
paracetamol overdose
Mx of psychostimulant ice/speed/ectasy toxicity incl. sedation protocols
paediatric clinical guidelines and links to RCH website
neonatal guidelines and the Victorian Neonatal Handbook topics
the lactating patient in ED
general anticoagulation guidelines including Mx of high INR on warfarin
Mx of DVT
investigation of suspected pulmonary embolism
hypokalaemia
hyperkalaemia
diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
Western Health early pregnancy assessment service (EPAS) referral process
ED overcrowding and access block resources
hospital policies on medico-legal issues
common emergency department patient presentations
commonly used external providers
Western Eye Clinic:
Private clinic at Suite 210, Level 2, 1 Thomas Holmes Rd, Maribyrnong
All patients require a referral letter with the patient’s bradma sticker and a provider number, and the patient will be billed
ph: 9317 8930 fax: 9912 2306
Public patients who do not wish to be billed can be referred to either:
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Royal Children’s Hospital for paediatric referrals.
Dermatologists:
Eleanor St dermatology clinic (Drs Anne Howard, John Su, Josie Yeatman, Mei Tam):
16 Eleanor Street, Footscray. tel: 93173344.
Dr Bruce Tate:
198 Furlong Rd, Sunshine ph: 93560411
Dr Belinda Welsh
Sunbury
Gynaecology oncologist:
Mr Rome
Suite 115, 1st floor Epworth Freemasons Day Centre, 320 Victoria Pde, E. Melbourne
ph: 9418 8128 fax 9418 8130
patients with suspicious ovarian masses, consider taking blood for FBE, U&E, LFT, CA-125, CA 19.9, HCG as tumour markers
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the patient with an adnexal mass