The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at The Townsville Hospital is a level 3, tertiary referral unit, providing complex care for the critically ill, both adults and children. Patients are referred to the unit by specialists from within the hospital or from other hospitals throughout the northern region. The unit is staffed by a team of specially-qualified medical staff and is recognised by the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine for unlimited speciality training in intensive care. A large percentage of the nursing staff have critical/intensive care qualifications. The unit runs a transition to intensive care programme for novice ICU nursing staff who then may choose to continue more formal studies through James Cook University.

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