Address
Main Street
Alexandria
G83 0UA
Tel: 01389 754121 (main switch board)
Tel: 01389 817 232 (maternity)
Description
A community Midwifery Unit within a small district general hospital. 100 deliveries a year.
Responsible Unit
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley
Staff
28Staff in total, 2 staff on call at nights and weekends, more available by day if required. All NLS trained. No medical back up.
Unit facilities
- Incubator: Yes
- Resuscitaire: Yes, with T piece
- Saturation Monitor: Yes
- Air/Oxygen availability: Piped O2 and air
- X rays: ?no?
- Blood gases: No
- Blood sugars: Yes
- Infusion pumps: Yes
- Phototherapy: No
- Telemedicine: No
- Drugs:
- Adrenaline
- Konakion
- Naloxone
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Phenytoin
- 10% dextrose
- 0.9% saline
- Cefotaxime
- Adrenaline
- Konakion
- Naloxone
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Phenytoin
- 10% dextrose
- 0.9% saline
- Cefotaxime
Transport Options
Road
40 minutes from Glasgow
Local Access
The CMU is to the left beyond the car park on entering the hospital grounds. The CMU is on the ground floor, accessed via a side entrance under the link bridge. This is locked out of hours so it is prudent to ring ahead and ask for it to be opened at the time of arrival.