Clinical Nurse Manager, Coronary Care Unit

The Coronary Care Unit (CCU ) receives cardiac patients and other patients requiring a higher level of nursing and medical supervision than cannot reasonably be delivered in a general medical ward. Examples include:

• Patients requiring electrocardiographic monitoring, STEMI, NSTEMI, Cardiac Arrythmia’s, Thrombolysed CVA, DKA, Sepsis.
• Patients requiring assisted (non-invasive) ventilation
• Patients requiring frequent clinical review
• Patients requiring ventilation as per STGH major critical care surge plan.

Patients are admitted via the Emergency Department, Medical Assessment Unit or from inpatient beds within the hospital.