MEDICAL West Australiana –
MEDICINE. AUSTRALIAN. A history of the Intensive Care Unit within the family of Royal Perth Hospital covers a period of RPH’s history during a time of rapid advances in medical and information technology, medical training for Intensive Care Specialists, nursing education and career structure and increased research opportunities
Table of contents
Background to intensive care medicine in Western Australia — Planning for an Intensive Care Unit at Royal Perth Hospital — The new 12-bed Intensive Care Unit — A new head of the Intensive Care Unit in 1970 — ICU ward 12 — New six-bed Coronary Care Unit — Coronary Care Unit converted to a 6-bed surgical intensive care unit — Move to the North Block — Year 2000 — Staff training — Patient selection in the early days of intensive care at RPH — Other departments on which ICU relied
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vi, 312 pages, illustrations, portraits [some colour], 26 cm.
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