Westmead Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = PAGENAME
Org/Group = Sydney West Area Health Service


Caption = Westmead Hospital Emergency

Location = Westmead
Region = Sydney
State = NSW
Country = AU
Coordinates =
HealthCare = Medicare
Type = Teaching
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation = University of Sydney
Beds = 975
Founded = 1978
Closed =
Website = http://www.swahs.health.nsw.gov.au/westmead/
Wiki-Links = |"Westmead Hospital" is a major 975 bed tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, Opened in 1978, it is now the major hospital in the Sydney West Area Health Service. It is located on Hawkesbury Road in Westmead, providing a full range of tertiary medical and dental services except for paediatrics which is serviced by the adjacent Children's Hospital at Westmead. It is a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney.

Westmead Hospital is the base for the adult medical retrieval service NRMA CareFlight. Its aircraft and trained medical and operational crews respond quickly and effectively to emergenciesthreatening the life, health and safety of people caused through medical emergency, illness, natural disaster, accidents or mishap. See also Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter. Within Westmead hospital exists the Trauma Service, which provides research and education of injury prevention, and death statistics.

[http://www.westmeademergency.org/ Westmead Emergency Department] is one of the busiest in Australia seeing over 50,000 adult patients annually. It is supported by tertiary specialist services including 24/7 interventional cardiology, trauma services, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and toxicology. The Westmead Toxicology unit is one of three in NSW.