Advanced Life-Saving Resuscitation for Critically Ill Emergency Patients

The Emergency Department is equipped for advanced resuscitation and airway management in adults and children presenting with cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, shock, major trauma or rapidly deteriorating medical conditions.

Airway capabilities include rapid sequence intubation, direct and video laryngoscopy, difficult airway management and emergency surgical airway procedures when required. Patients experiencing respiratory failure can receive non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation depending on clinical severity.

Emergency physicians are trained in advanced cardiac life support and other time-critical procedures including needle thoracostomy, tube thoracostomy, emergency pericardiocentesis and temporary cardiac pacing. Dedicated resuscitation bays with advanced monitoring and life-support equipment allow multiple interventions to be performed rapidly while specialist teams prepare for definitive treatment.