Nepean Intensive Care Web Site

Welcome to the Nepean ICU Web Site

Welcome to the web site of the Nepean Intensive Care Unit. The Intensive Care Unit is part of the Nepean Hospital, a teaching hospital associated with the University of Sydney. The Nepean Hospital is part of the Sydney West Area Health Service and is situated at the base of the Blue Mountains, 50 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD. Please navigate the site by selecting the links at the left of every page, by using the Sitemap or by selecting one of the highlighted pages below:

Research

Research at the Nepean ICU The Nepean Intensive Care Unit maintains a commitment to contributing to the delivery of quality health care to the critically ill through its active participation in research. This section of the site holds about 12 pages detailing the research efforts of the Unit .

Education

	This one-day practical RACE course is specifically tailored made for Emergency Physicians. The course is developed in conjunction with Emergency Physicians and is specifically targeted at their special needs. The course will cover pericardial effusion and tamponade, left and right ventricular functions, preloads and pleural effusions. It you want to learn how to perform quick echo and to review the echo qualitatively, this maybe the course that suits you. All participant will be given a copy of the RACE Handbook. Extra copies can be purchased at $33 (incl. GST) each. Click here to find the next available RACE courses. The RACE Doppler Physics module: All RACE participants will be given a username and password to download a copy of the Doppler Echocardiography study notes. All participants are encouraged to attempt a short quiz. Click here to enter the Doppler Physics module page. The RACE Handbook is produced to supplement the RACE course and is intended to be used as a quick reference for 2D transthoracic echocardiography. The latest (2008) edition covers the standard views, knobology, assessments of left and right heart functions, cardiac tamponade and more.
	A 4 days Leura Critical Care Echo course will be held on 29th Aug - 1st Sep 2009. This course covers the basic critical care echocardiography and advanced echocardiography. The course is designed for intensivists, emergency physicians and anaesthetists. The details and registration form will be available here. Leura Critical Care Echo 2008 presentations and materials can be downloaded from here by using 'leura2008' as username and the password provided to you at the conference.
	The Nepean Institute of Critical Care Education and Research (NICCER) is now the exclusive distibutor for the ICCU Imaging's FOCUS (Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Study) multimedia DVD box set and the FOCUS pocket guide in Australia. The FOCUS DVD set will provide hours of stunning 2D & 3-D echo images plus the application of Doppler. Whether you are a novice or an expert, you will find FOCUS a valuable learning tools in your library. Click here for order form.
	The Nepean Critical Care Echo (NCCE) aims to promote the use of echocardiography in the intensive care unit and emergency. It organizes short practical courses in echocardiography. Interested individuals are welcomed to receive hands-on training with us on a short-term basis. Due to the overwhelming applications, we have been fully booked in 2009.
	ISICEM 2008 Critical Care Echo Materials please follow this link to access the slides and other material for the ISICEM conference. Please use the username ''echo2008" and the password given to you at the conference to access these files.

Survey on the teaching commitments in the medical school curriculum by Intensivists

The objectives of this survey are:-

Determine format of Intensive Care Medicine teaching in relation to other medical specialties in teaching programs of Australian and New Zealand Universities
Determine extent and depth of Intensive Care medical student teaching
Ascertain the level of commitment Universities have to teaching Intensive Care medicine
Future outlook for teaching Intensive Care medicine

Specialist Critical Care Nursing Roles

Data Management at Nepean ICU The Nepean Intensive Care Unit maintains a commitment to the accurate collection and utilisation of data within the Intensive Care Unit. Not simply a team which collects data, the nursing led team uses the data to assist with the management of resources and planning within the ICU.
ICU Liaison Service The Nepean Hospital Intensive Care Unit has introduced an exciting new role to improve patient care and follow-up post discharge from the unit. Also details of the Liaison Clinical Nurse Consultant role.

Other Information

Nepean ICU & Indonesia This page intends to give some detail of a joint Australian Indonesian Intensive Care liaison that has been under development informally since 1985 and on a formal level since 1994.
History of the Nepean Intensive Care Unit This page details the history of the Nepean Intensive Care Unit from the early 1970s until the turn of the century.

The Nepean Intensive Care Web Site usually has 50 pages available, only about a dozen or so that are listed on this opening page. Please either browse the site or see the Sitemap page which lists and categorises every page in the site. Any queries please see the Contact Us page.