Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Department
The Sutherland Hospital Emergency Department is open 24 hours per day, including public holidays.
The role of the Emergency Department is to care for emergencies. An emergency is when an illness or an injury is serious and requires urgent attention.
The order in which you will be seen in the Emergency Department is determined by the seriousness of your health problem, not the time of your arrival. Those people with the most serious and urgent conditions will always be seen first, and those with less serious conditions may have to wait until the doctor is free
Managers
Nurse Manager, Leanne Horvat
Director Emergency Medicine, Dr Andrew Finckh
Critical Care Medicine
Our Critical Care Medicine department provides intensive medical treatment if you are critically unwell. You may need to use machines to support your lungs, heart and kidneys, as well as many different medications and very close, continuous monitoring.
Managers
Nurse Unit Manager, Bety Krstevska
Director Critical Care Medicine, Dr Grant Eruini-Bennett
Emergency Department - Opening hours
24 hours seven days a week.
Critical Care Medicine - Visiting hours
12pm to 8pm, seven days a week
-34.0371135, 151.1148321
Occupational Therapy: The Sutherland Hospital
The goal of Occupational Therapy is to enable a person to function within their environment and perform the activities they need or want to do on a daily basis.
At The Sutherland Hospital our Occupational Therapist's work across a whole range of settings including:
| Aged care | Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) | Urology |
| Aged Care Assessment Unit | Gastroenterology | Vascular |
| Cardiology | General Medicine | Rapid Assessment Diagnosis and Intervention Unit (RADIUS) |
| Critical Care Medicine | General Surgery | Rehabilitation |
| Emergency | Neurology (including acute stroke unit) | Renal |
| Emergency Department Short Stay Unit (EDSSU) | Oncology | Respiratory |
| Endocrine | Orthopaedics |
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Outpatient Services:
Occupational Therapy provides a limited outpatient rehabilitation service primarily for upper limb management and cognitive rehabilitation post stroke. Services include assessments, appropriate treatment and ongoing management and monitoring of progress after discharge from inpatient or community services. An upper limb group is also provided twice a week if deemed appropriate by the treating Occupational Therapist. In the first instance, please call the Occupational Therapy Department to discuss any referrals.
Office hours: Monday - Friday 8am- 4.30pm
-34.0371135, 151.1148321
We are located in the Allied Health Outpatient Services on Level 2 of the main hospital building. We are directly next to The Street Café, and opposite the main hospital lifts.
You can find us via both the southern entry to Level 1 from Kareena Rd (via the lift) or from main hospital entrance facing The Kingsway (Level 2).
It is recommended that you ask the therapist whilst booking your appointment if there is anything specific you should bring to your outpatient appointment. Generally it is recommended to bring the following:
- Imaging/scans
- Copy of referral
- Medical reports
- Medicare card and Identification
- Wear comfortable clothing
Once we receive your referral, you will be placed on a waiting list and contacted as soon as an appointment is available.
If we think your needs are better met by another service (eg community health) we will help you make a referral.
If you have questions regarding this appointment or if you would like to reschedule or cancel this appointment please call the Occupational Therapy Department on 9540 8300.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital. You may be asked to be involved in research or for an Occupational Therapy student to be present at your session under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
- Bathboard Installation
- Over Toilet Aid Installation
- Raised Toilet Seat Installation
- Shower Chair Installation
- Toilet Surround Frame Installation
Occupational Therapy: Southcare
At Southcare we are a team of experienced Occupational Therapists based at the Sutherland Hospital in the Southcare Building. Southcare is the Aged and Extended Care Service of the Sutherland Hospital.
We currently provide a free service to residents of the Sutherland Shire who are either aged or disabled and living in the community, we see adults over 18 years of age. We do not see NDIS clients, DVA Gold card holders or those who reside permanently in a nursing home.
What we do
We assess clients in their own home and community with the aim of improving their safety and independence. This can include:
- Falls assessment and education
- Recommend specific home modifications and equipment to support safety and independence within the home and to support the carer
- Assessment for equipment to prevent pressure injury and to promote healing of existing pressure injuries.
We make referrals to other health professionals and work as part of a team to help achieve the best health outcomes for our clients.
Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 8am-4.30pm
-34.0374774, 151.1147835
We visit people in their own homes in the community.
Our team is based at Southcare, 126 Kareena Road, Miranda 2228. The Southcare building is situated of The Sutherland Hospital site.
How to refer to a Southcare Occupational Therapist:
If you are over 65 years of age, please contact My Aged Care on 1800200422 and request an Occupational Therapy assessment.
If you are under 65 years of age and not receiving assistance from the NDIS, please contact Southcare Intake on 95407956 and request to make a referral.
Once we receive your referral, you will be placed on a waiting list and contacted as soon as an appointment is available.
Pulmonary Function Test Lab
Our laboratory supports the diagnosis and management of various lung conditions, including asthma, smoking-related diseases, and other causes of breathlessness.
Tests Performed
- Spirometry (pre- and post-bronchodilator)
- Lung Volume Measurement
- Diffusion Capacity (DLCO)
- Respiratory Muscle Pressure Testing (MIPS and MEPS)
- Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)
- Bronchoprovocation Testing (Mannitol)
- Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
- Skin Prick Testing (Allergy Skin Test)
- Arterial Blood Gas
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (performed offsite)
Patient Information
- A comprehensive Patient Information Sheet is available detailing all tests.
- Directions to the Lung Function Lab are provided for convenience.
Referrals
Referrals to the laboratory may be made by any specialists or general practitioners.
- PFT Request form can be downloaded here
- Please Email Requests to seslhd-tsh-lungfunctionlab@health.nsw.gov.au
- Urgent Referrals: Please call the Pulmonary Function Lab at 02 9540 8028 or email us. We will accommodate urgent referrals as soon as possible.
Fees
- All tests are bulk-billed under Medicare.
- For patients not eligible for Medicare, fees equivalent to the Medicare rate apply.
Feedback
We value your feedback! 
Submit feedback via this link: https://redcap.sesi.health.nsw.gov.au/surveys/?s=NJDWL7XXKHEL4NH9
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) / Community Respiratory Service
The Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) is a hospital-based community program implemented across both St George and Sutherland Hospitals that provides home visits to patients who are unwell from a respiratory condition. This specialised hospital-based community program is also designed to assist people with advanced lung disease to live optimally well in their homes.
Our multidisciplinary team includes Respiratory and Supportive Care doctors, nurses, pharmacists and physiotherapists who work together to provide exceptional, specialised respiratory care, both short and long term, to patients in the community. This has proven to decrease the number of visits to hospital and reduce length of stay, allowing patients to remain optimally well at home with the added support of our 7 day a week service. In addition, we also serve as a vital link between the hospital and the patient, and/or the patient and their GP, ensuring seamless communication and coordinated, comprehensive care throughout their treatment journey.
We are contactable between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
Please fax through referrals to Respiratory Coordinated Care Program, Southcare, The Sutherland Hospital: 02 9540 7869
Contact between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) / Community Respiratory Service
The Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) is a hospital-based community program implemented across both St George and Sutherland Hospitals that provides home visits to patients who are unwell from a respiratory condition. This specialised hospital-based community program is also designed to assist people with advanced lung disease to live optimally well in their homes.
Our multidisciplinary team includes Respiratory and Supportive Care doctors, nurses, pharmacists and physiotherapists who work together to provide exceptional, specialised respiratory care, both short and long term, to patients in the community. This has proven to decrease the number of visits to hospital and reduce length of stay, allowing patients to remain optimally well at home with the added support of our 7 day a week service. In addition, we also serve as a vital link between the hospital and the patient, and/or the patient and their GP, ensuring seamless communication and coordinated, comprehensive care throughout their treatment journey.
We are contactable between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
Please fax through referrals to Respiratory Coordinated Care Program, Southcare, The Sutherland Hospital: 02 9540 7869
Contact between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
Southcare Aged and Extended Community Care
Southcare Aged & Extended Community Care is a division of the Sutherland Hospital and Community Health Service.
Southcare is an integrated health care centre offering a range of services predominantly for frail older people and those with disabilities living in the Sutherland Shire.
Southcare Services:
- Aged Care Services Emergency Team (ASET)
- Continence
- Dietetics
- Equipment Lending Pool
- Generalist Community Nursing
- Geriatric Flying Squad
- Geriatricians
- Mobility Group
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacist
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Gym
- Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP)
- Social Work
- Southcare Outreach Service (SOS)
- Steady Steps
- Sutherland Heart and Lung Team (SHALT)
- Sutherland Transitional Aged Care Service (STACS)
Southcare Forms:
Miranda NSW 2228
(rear of Sutherland Hospital)
-34.0380265, 151.113383
Childbirth and Parenting Sessions
The Sutherland Hospital Parent Education sessions are a great way to prepare you and your family for childbirth and parenting. Education, knowledge, and support are key to positive experience, empowering families to make informed decisions about their journeys.
Please feel free to view our pregnancy and parenting information videos. Click here to view.
Please continue to check this website for further updates and information.
To book into any of the following sessions please click here.
If you have any enquiries please email: SESLHD-TSHparenteducation@health.nsw.gov.au
Disclaimer: Unfortunately if any of our sessions don't reach minimum numbers we will need to cancel them. We will offer you an alternate session or a full refund.
The Kingways and Kareena Rd
Caringbah NSW 2229
Lunch and refreshments can be purchased from The Street Canteen located within Sutherland Hospital. For details click here
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Babies bring much joy, love and wonder, but becoming a parent also means some big life changes and new challenges for couples to navigate.
This session includes:
- Realistic expectations of parenthood.
- Planting seeds that support coping and growing as individuals and as a couple.
- Equipping participants with knowledge and skills that support parents’ and babies’ mental, emotional and relationship wellbeing and whole family bonding.
- Providing awareness for both parents to external support resources.
This session is facilitated by an experienced midwife and/or social worker and is a 2 hour session run across two evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This session is offered either as a face to face or virtually interactive session.
This session is ideally attended by all couples who are expecting a baby.
If this is your first baby this session is best attended from 28 weeks gestation. If you already have children you can attend this session anytime.
The Having Your Baby sessions are comprehensive labour, birth and parenting sessions that are run by a midwife and a physiotherapist and include a tour of the Maternity unit. The Becoming Us sessions complement this session by focusing on the transition into parenthood. Babies bring much joy, love and wonder, but becoming a parent also means some big life changes and new challenges for couples to navigate. This session helps give couples the tools to manage the challenges that come with parenthood.
This session is available as an evening session over seven weeks from 6:30pm to 8:30pm with a mixture of virtual and face to face sessions.
Or, as a weekend session over two Saturdays 9:30am to 3:30pm face to face and two Thursdays 6:30pm to 8:30pm via a virtual platform.
The Having your Baby sessions include information on:
- Physiotherapy session
- Labour and birth
- Self help measures in labour
- Pain relief in labour
- Preparations for other journeys in birth
- Postnatal changes
- Early newborn care
- Breastfeeding
- Sleep and settling
- Postnatal depression
- Community resources
- Tour of Maternity Unit
The Becoming Us sessions include information on:
- Realistic expectations of parenthood.
- Planting seeds that support coping and growing as individuals and as a couple.
- Equipping participants with knowledge and skills that support parents’ and babies’ mental, emotional and relationship wellbeing and whole family bonding.
- Providing awareness for both parents to external support resources.
Ideally this session should be commenced between 26-30 weeks gestation.
Active birth is a session run to support and help empower women achieve a normal birth using active birth techniques. This is a 3 hour session run by an experienced midwife in the evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
This session includes:
- The normal process of labour and birth
- Self help measures to cope with labour and birth
- Ways in which your birthing partner can support you
- Good positions and handy hints for various stages of labour
- Recognising the role of hormones in labour
- Techniques to stay calm and relaxed
This session is ideally attended between 28-34 weeks gestation and complements our Active Birth program.
The breastfeeding session is held to encourage and support mothers who wish to breastfeed their baby. This session can also be of great use to women who have had previous difficulties breastfeeding. This is a two and a half hour session run by a lactation consultant in the evening from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. This session is offered either as a face to face or virtually interactive session.
This session includes :
- The first breastfeed after birth
- Breast changes during the first few weeks
- The role of rooming in and baby-led feeding assisting in the establishment of breastfeeding
- How partners can support breastfeeding
- How to position you and your baby
- How to tell if your baby is getting enough milk
- How to overcome challenges
Ideally this session should be attended after 28 weeks gestation.
When you first bring your newborn baby home from hospital, it is both an exciting and daunting time. Being prepared and confident in your ability to provide first aid for your child is an important skill to learn. This first aid information session is for families with newborns to children 8 years of age and is run by an experienced facilitator.
This session includes:
- CPR (hands on practice)
- Choking
- Burns
- Poisons
- Head Injury
- Common childhood illnesses including but not limited to fevers and febrile convulsions
- Breathing illnesses and allergies
This is a one-off 3 hour information session from 9:30am to 12:30pm.
Just for Dads & Partners is held on a weeknight evening from 6:30pm to 9pm. This session is run by an experienced Registered Midwife.
This is your opportunity to ask questions and gain information in a safe environment with other expectant dads and partners.
Topics covered include:
- What it means to be a parent
- The partner’s role in supporting labour and birth
- Infant communication and bonding, caring for your baby
- The partner’s role in supporting breastfeeding
- Changing relationships and roles
This program is open to ALL partners supporting women throughout their labour & birth and the early parenting period.
This one-day session focuses on meeting your new baby and the first few days and weeks with your newborn. This program is facilitated by an experienced, Registered Midwife and runs on a Saturday from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
Topics covered include:
- Postnatal recovery for both mother and baby
- Infant communication
- Early Days with your newborn and normal newborn behaviour
- Sleep & Settling
- Breastfeeding
- Where to find help in the Community
This program is ideally attended by 'Active Birth' participants and is best completed between 28- 36 weeks gestation.