Operating Room Service

Overview

Royal Adelaide Hospital has one of the largest Operating Room Services within Australia.

The unit combines nursing, medical and allied personnel in delivering a high standard of comprehensive patient care to those who require operative procedures during their hospital stay.

During the 1998/9 year, over 16,000 operations were performed.

A high proportion of the Operating Room patients are received through its affiliation with the University of Adelaide’s Department of Surgery and the Trauma Service based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).

Royal Adelaide Hospital is one of two Level I trauma centers in South Australia.

Operating Room Services include 10 general purpose operating rooms, 2 urology procedure rooms, 3 emergency operating rooms (24 hour coverage), 2 cardiothoracic operating rooms, 1 day surgery operating room, 1 eye operating room and 1 burns operating room in which surgical procedures may be undertaken.

The Nursing Service

The Nursing Service at RAH includes all the four aspects of Perioperative care - Anaesthetic, Day Surgery, Recovery and Operating Room nursing. Each aspect has a separate identity while still providing a coherent working relationship to ensure high levels of patient comfort and safety.

Ms Judith Berry (Nursing Director) heads the nursing service, and has both Clinical and Managerial responsibilities.

The Unit has 6 Clinical Nurse Consultants and 2 Nurse Managers who each have an area of responsibility.

For more detail about each perioperative area, please click on the appropriate link from the drop down menu.

The Medical Services

The Operating Room Service has medical input from both the surgical and anaesthetic departments within the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Limited obstetric and peadiatric surgery is performed, usually in association with the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.