A6West (28 pre & post op areas)

• Procedure Beds – prep and recovery for outpatients requiring procedures (i.e. blood transfusions, IV therapy, ECT, diagnostic imaging, dressing changes)
• Overnight Stay Beds (10) for sleep apnea and post operative or post procedure patients requiring an overnight stay with a discharge time of 0900 hours.
• Day surgery patients for gyne, general surgery, vascular, urology, Ear/Nose/Throat (ENT), plastics, head & neck, dialysis catheter insertions.
• All Same Day Admissions are admitted pre-op.

A4West Pre-operative clinic only

• Screening occurs for all pre-op Day Surgery, Same Day Admission and some Procedure Charts.
• All high risk and some low risk patients are seen in the clinic.  This involves physical assessment, history taking and patient teaching.

Ambulatory Care Surgery/Medicine
(30,000 visits/year)

• Variety of patient populations that see a number of specialists and ambulatory care
• Patients range from children to the elderly; approximately 150-200 patients/day
• Wound Care Clinic is a nurse run clinic

A7West (24 beds)

• General surgery
• ACSS (2 assessment beds)

A7South (29 beds)

• General surgery, ENT (head and neck), dental surgery

NFA (Not for Admission)

• Endoscopy & minor procedures
• Utilize local anesthetic or conscious sedation
• Area consists of prep/recovery and the procedure rooms

OR (14 theatres) 10,000 cases annually

• Vascular, cardiac, gynecology, otolaryngology, plastics, general surgery, orthopedics, urology

Post Anaesthetic Recovery Room (PARR) (12 beds)

• Post anaesthetic recovery

A4 South
(20 ward beds and a 5 bed stepdown unit)

• Urology, vascular, plastics
• Surgical patients requiring continuous monitoring