Critical care — Waikato

For critical care, contact:

• patient enquiries — phone: 07 839 8899
• intensive care unit — phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 96570)
• high dependency unit — phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 96513)

Critical care is in the Meade Clinical Centre at Waikato Hospital. It is near the emergency department, operating theatres and main hospital circulation routes.

Level 4
Meade Clinical Centre
Waikato Hospital
183 Pembroke Street
Hamilton 3204

Critical care is where specialist care is given to people when rapid, potentially reversible, life-threatening diseases or injury occur, such as:

• a major accident
• a severe infection
• coma
• following a major operation.

Critical care is divided into 2 areas:

• intensive care unit (ICU), where critically ill patients are cared for
• high dependency unit (HDU), where people who require extra monitoring are cared for.

Critical care provides a healing and supportive environment for patients and whānau, as well as ideal conditions for our staff attending to patients.

Intensive care unit (ICU)

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a 16-bed facility that provides sophisticated care and life support to critically unwell or injured people. We care for people undergoing cardiac surgery, paediatric and general adult intensive care.

The department runs an inter-hospital critical care service that transports patients back to Waikato Hospital from other hospitals in the Te Manawa Taki | Midland health region.

The ICU team is an important part of the cardiac arrest and trauma teams at Waikato Hospital.

High dependency unit (HDU)

The high dependency unit (HDU) is a 12-bed unit that provides special expertise for adult patients requiring intensive monitoring and treatment following surgery, trauma and medical or surgical conditions. It works closely with the intensive care unit.