Main ortho ward, 25 beds (5 single rooms, rest are 4 bed rooms)
Nurses station at far end of ward on left
Can do traction setups (sometimes will help ED do as well)
Ward phone: 8345 7125
NIC phone: 8345 7095
3B
Main orthogeriatric (NOF) ward
Can do traction setups (equipment lives on 3B)
Ward phone: 8345 6787
NIC phone: 0435 044 986
Other patients may end up on following wards:
2D – main covid ward2B/2C – medical wards2E/3E – other surgical wards (all gen surg, thoracics, ENT, vascular, some plasticsOrtho admin office1 south behind main liftsWhere Lidia/Anna (ortho secretaries) and Marcus (ortho surg ops manager)Lidia phone: 8345 7575 or 0466 356 963Attached to ortho office is the reg officeMultiple computers with templating software
Resident quarters
On level 3 – accessible only via ED/ICU lifts
Has bike storage, pool table, rooms to sleep overnight, TV
Ward rounds:
Monday to Thursday 7am in 1 West nursing hub
Physio / trauma bookings nurse / NUM may attend
Residents prepare lists
Google drive (outstanding inpatients/outpatients and consults)
Audit list (all inpatients/consults)
Ward round after – can split round if suitable but there is only 1 ward resident/day so consider this if many new patients on different wards
Friday 6:30am paper round in ortho office then audit meeting at 7am
On call Footscray registrar + consultant (or two) does ward round, while rest of registrars go straight to consultant clinic
Weekends
Only 1 registrar on per campus (Footscray and Sunshine/JK/Willi)
Generally round at 7am Saturday at Footscray to get to theatre by 8
Sunday no dedicated list but generally can start operating at 8:30 so round at 7am again
Theatre/DPU:
North-east side of level 1
Staffed 24/7 but only 1 emergency theatre afterhours
6 theatres total, main ortho theatres 1 and 2 (east side of theatre)
Only dedicated regular trauma list out of hours is Saturday all day
Loan gear section immediately on left after entering theatre complex
See Theatre Info section for consignment equipment
Book cases via active list on iPM (new as of 19/1/21)
NIC phone: 8345 6168
Anaesthetics in charge phone: 8345 6540
Always check order of cases morning of list as this is often different from what the bookings will send us
Can template on computers in theatre 1 and 2
DPU on level 1 in centre of hospital (just before theatre)
Theatre will usually not bring around elective patients from DPU until consent is completed and correct (also sometimes if not marked)
Consent forms valid for 12 months
Phone consent acceptable for CAT 1 patients
All CAT2/3 patients cannot be booked without written consent
ED
Ground floor, north west
Main fishbowl in centre with all forms and majority of registrars/consultants
Also has a small fast track section and yellow side for lower acuity patients
Short stay unit on level 3 opposite 3B
3x resus bays
Will generally do wrist/ankle reductions themselves before calling us
Will generally fully work up NOFs prior to referral (templated XRs, FI block, bloods/G&H, ECG, CXR, IDC)
Phones: 8345 7234, 8345 7507
NIC phone: 8345 6334
ICU
Level 1, north west, above ED
ICU reg phone: 8345 6093
Radiology
Ground floor, middle of hospital
Has XR/USS/CT/MRI/nuc med/interventional
Almost completely electronic now except for outpatient imaging requests, which are still paper forms
Duty reg phone: 8345 7223 (call for all Footscray in hours and Footscray + Sunshine after hours requests/questions)
Orthogeriatrics (only at Footscray)
3 teams (OGS 1/2/3 – individual consultant/registrar/resident for each)
Also cover an acute aged care (AAC) bed card each
Will only accept fractured femurs (proximal/shaft/distal)
