When I met with Russell on the ward as he recovered from his eventful stay in ICU, I was struck by his positivity. Russell knew his heart was already struggling to pump before going in for major cardiac valve surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. However, he said, “to be honest I was probably a […]
Dates for 2025 have now been released. This two day course aims to help participants achieve competence in performing and interpreting transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the critical care setting.With 6-8 weeks of preparation using the outstanding University of Melbourne Transthoracic Echocardiography Simulator Course, that culminates in a two-day intensive workshop held at St Vincent’s Hospital […]
Hosted at Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), this new addition to the RMH ICU academic calendar is an exciting course aimed at those with a foundation in critical care TTE, who are wishing to take their scanning skills and interpretation to the next level.
This popular course led by Intensivists and Anaesthetists is running again on the 25-26th November 2024 at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. It is ideal for those working and training in ICU, Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine. The course is also accredited by the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM). To learn more and book now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1159727
The day Ravinder walked back into the ICU feeling like a new man, he was filled with gratitude and respect for the staff who helped save his life. Ravinder’s story started with sudden chest pain followed by multiple prolonged cardiac arrests and interhospital transfer, ending up at St Vincent’s Melbourne. He spent over 2 weeks […]
47yo Kashif was transferred to St Vincent’s Melbourne after a large heart attack and was found to have severe coronary artery disease, requiring open heart surgery. Whilst Kashif already had some significant risk factors such as being on long term dialysis, no one could have predicted the stormy course his admission would take. Kashif suffered […]
It is that time of year and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne ICU is advertising for Residents, Junior Registrars, Senior Registrars and Transition Year Fellow positions. The applications close 18/6/2023! If you are applying from outside of SVHA make sure you use the relevant Seek external link. JR number Position Internal link External link JR130903 HMO3 […]
St Vincent’s Melbourne ICU has seen many cases of severe COVID-19 infection. One of the most memorable is the story of Betty Mandarano. Betty spent over a month in ICU before eventually making it home to her very loving family. Her family was kind enough to start a fundraising campaign through the STV Foundation. Recently […]
Eddie: an avid Tigers supporter, a runner and a legend! Unfortunately, being unvaccinated, Eddie’s body struggled to fight off COVID-19. The massive inflammatory response saw him fighting for his life on a ventilator, being flipped on his front by a team of nurses and doctors (“proning”) and being administered all the medications with evidence to […]
Peter came into hospital to have major cardiac surgery to fix two heart valves. Unfortunately after the long surgery the right side of Peter’s heart started to fail. In the middle of the night, in an induced coma in the ICU, he was in a fight for his life. His vital organs were starting to […]