Table of Contents
Western Health ED main page
internet accessible
internet resources but only within Western Health network
Western and Melbourne Health intranet accessible only
in this wiki
commonly used external providers
Western Health ED main page
TAC certificates
Worksafe certificates
see also:
ED life hacks
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)
Sunshine Hospital GP clinic
internet accessible
Victorian Thunderstorm asthma risk level and pollen counts
Vic. DHS Clinicians Health Channel - therapeutic guidelines, MIMS online - requires login, password
password for Western Health users available here (WH intranet accessible only)
RMH, Western Health, and Northern Health webmail
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 of symptoms and signs
Western Health library resources and journal search
internet resources but only within Western Health network
MIMS via Clinicians Health Channel
MIMS via IP address no logon needed within Western Health
Therapeutic guidelines
W.H.A.L.E.S online resources for WH users
MD Consult
UpToDate online subscription available for use within WH only
Western and Melbourne Health intranet accessible only
WH bed board
Miya Clinical Portal - beds on wards, etc
RMH ED intranet guidelines
WH telephone numbers
WH policies and procedures search
WH IT help desk - log a job for computer issues
WH drug imprest - where to find medications in Western Health
Refusal of Treatment / discharge at own risk (doc)
Western Health eLearning online clinical learning modules (eg. ALS) - requires WH employee ID and password
in this wiki
main index page
Western Health ED tips for common presentations
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
left at own risk / absconding patient / missing patient / competence
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
ophthamologists
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see also:
ophthalmology services for Western Health
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
Dr Thanh Nguyen
204 Furlong Rd, St Albans ph: 9975 8767 fax 9382 6037
Fridays only
Public patients requiring ophthalmology 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:
Sunshine Hospital now has a gynae oncology service via outpatients
alternatively, can refer to 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