Emergency Department

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Our Emergency Department is the front door to the Waikato Hospital campus. Due to the wide geographical area covered by the Emergency Department, we provide a pre-hospital service that includes active involvement in air and road transport of critically ill patients throughout the central North Island.

The department sees approximately 68,000 patients a year, with 42 per cent admitted.

The Emergency Department has two resuscitation rooms, 27 assessment bed cubicles, a separate paediatric area and an eight bed observation unit.  We have a dedicated team of staff trained in emergency medicine.  This creates a very professional environment in which to work. Construction began on a new Emergency Department in March 2008 and scheduled completion is late 2010.

Registrar training & teaching

Accredidation is for provisional training and for two years of advanced training with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. We provide an active weekly teaching programme within the department for registrars and SHOs. We are also actively involved in research within the Emergency Department.  

The team includes: Eight consultants 14 registrars Five SHOs One clinical nurse manager Five clinical nurse associates Four clinical nurse specialists One clinical nurse educator 49 nurses 19 clerical staff Attendants and health care assistants Volunteers

We provide: Comprehensive staff orientation Ongoing education and development Research opportunities Daily nursing in-service Career development Continuous quality improvement projects Opportunity to attend conferences Access to the new academic centre including the clinical skills training centre