Emergency

Phone:	9845 2460
Fax:	9845 0825
Location:	Main entrance, Main building, level 2

Emergency Department:

The Emergency Department operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is supervised by a Specialist in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

The Department provides initial care for injured and ill children, including cases sent in by ambulance and helicopter.  This includes children who need admission and those going home.

How to make an appointment:

Appointments are not necessary for emergency patients.  The triage nurse at the front desk is a skilled nurse.  She or he assigns to each patients a number representing how quickly they need to be seen.

Letters from your GP are very helpful in working out the problem.  They do not mean your child is seen faster, but they often help get to the cause of the problem.  Ongoing care after leaving the Emergency Department is very important to monitor your child and check the results.  Most children should go home with a letter to their GP for his records. 

All calls from doctors regarding patients coming in are directed to the Admitting Officer on 9845 2454.

Senior staff in Emergency Department

• Dr Bruce Fasher, Medical Head of Department
• Leonnie Dawson, Nurse Manager of Department
• Dr Gary Browne Clinical Associate Professor
• Jennifer Major Nurse Educator
• Rebecca Dickens Clinical nurse Educator
• Dr Mary McCaskill, Paediatric Emergency Physician
• Dr Nicholas Cheng, Emergency Paediatrician
• Dr Peter Ngo, Paediatric Emergency Physician
• Dr Fenton O'Leary, Paediatric Emergency Physician
• Dr Robert Chu, Emergency Paediatrician
• Dr Jason Hort, Emergency Paediatrician
• Dr Susan Phin, Emergency Paediatrician
• Helen Gosby Nurse Practitioner
• Dr Raymond Chin, Paediatrician
• Dr Diana Steinberg, Emergency Paediatrician