Phone: (03) 9496 5500
Location: 145 Studley Road,
Heidelberg VIC 3084
The Austin Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine, also known as the Emergency Department or ED, is a busy tertiary department attending 60,000 patients annually offering a wide range of clinical services.
The new purpose-built ED opened in May 2005 as part of the Austin Hospital's redevelopment and has 50 treatment areas including a six bed paediatric area, a Fast Track area, an eight bed Short Stay Unit, procedure rooms and resuscitation rooms.
The Department is accredited for two years advanced training with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and has paediatric logbook training. It offers registrar rotations in ICU, anaesthetics, obstetrics and gynaecology, toxicology, spinal medicine, ambulatory care, psychiatry and paediatrics.
The Department is also the acute spinal and trauma reception area of Austin Health.
In August 2008 the Victorian Poison Information Centre will be relocating to the Austin Hospital's Emergency Department.
Box Hill Hospital
Phone: (03) 9895 3333
Location: Nelson Road, Box Hill, 3128