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Date: 21 May 2012
Time: 15:43
Critical care
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has the largest single critical care unit in Europe, with 100 beds.
Critical Care provides 24/7 treatment to adults requiring advanced clinical haemodynamic support and/or monitoring and is situated partly on Level 2 in QEHB, with some facilities remaining open at the old QE until November 2010. In the QEHB, Theatres, Burns and Tissue Services connect directly to Critical Care Services.
All adult admissions will come via the Emergency Department, theatres, transfer from wards or transfer from other hospitals.
Emergency Royal Centre for Defence Medicine patients who are being admitted via an Aeromedical evacuation will be admitted directly to the receiving area in the QEHB.
There are four clinical critical care areas - A, B, C and D - which deliver all types of critical care required. The Critical Care Outreach Team provides support and advice to the wards within QEHB from 08:00 - 16:00 on weekdays. For out-of-hours support, contact the critical care areas directly.
The Trust leads with advances in technology and service developments and regularly participates in local and national research.
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