SA Dive Medical Practitioners
A dive medical can be done through the RAH Hyperbaric Medicine Unit; Ph: 7074 0000 or at one of the private practises listed below.
Make sure you tell the receptionist that you require an occupational/commercial dive medical.
Doctor | Address | Phone |
Dr Alexander Kleinschmidt | SA Sports Medicine Ctr, 70 South Tce, Adelaide SA, 5000 | (08) 8211 8002 |
Dr. S.L. Liaw | 1 Doctors Rd, Morphett Vale SA, 5162 | (08) 8384 7977 |
Dr Eben Viljoen | Para Hills Clinic, 513 Bridge Road, Para Hills SA, 5096 | (08) 8258 1033 |
Dr Adrian Winsor | 186 Tynte Street, North Adelaide, SA, 5006 | (08) 8267 6828 |
A complete list of medical practitioners with training in diving medicine is maintained by the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS).
Look on the SPUMS website for more details on doctors who offer occupational dive medicals: https://www.spums.org.au .
SA Medical Centres/Contacts – General
Service | Address | Notes |
Divers Emergency Service / Diver Alert Network | 1800 088 200 | Attended 24 hours/day. Toll free for calls within Australia. |
Ambulance (they will notify the Royal Adelaide Hospital Hyperbaric Medicine Unit on instruction). | 000* | *112 on some mobiles. |
Royal Adelaide Hospital Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia | (08) 8222 5116, (08) 7074 0000 | |
SA Water Police | (08) 8242 3466 |
Medical Centres/Contacts – Adelaide
Service | Address | Phone |
Royal Adelaide Hospital Hyperbaric Medicine Unit | North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia | (08) 8222 5116, (08) 7074 0000 |
Flinders Medical Centre | Flinders Drive, Bedford Pk., South Australia | (08) 8204 5511 |
Noarlunga Hospital | Alexander Kelly Dr., Noarlunga Centre, South Australia | (08) 8384 9222 |
Medical Centres – Fleurieu Peninsula
Service | Address | Phone |
South Coast District Hospital | Bay Road, Victor Harbor SA 5211 | (08) 8552 0500 |
Southern Fleurieu Health Service | Bay Road, Victor Harbor SA 5211 | (08) 8552 0600 |
Aldinga Medical Centre | 89 Rowley Road, Aldinga Beach SA 5173 | (08) 8550 2000 |
Southern Fleurieu Family Practice | 175 Main South Road, SA Yankalilla | (08) 8558 0111 |
Moana Medical Centre | Cnr Griffith Drive & Commercial Road, Moana SA 5169 | (08) 8550 2080 |
Medical Centres – South East
Service | Address | Phone |
Meningie & Districts Memorial Hospital and Health Services | 2 South Terrace, Meningie, 5264, S.A. | (08) 8575 2777 |
Coorong Medical Centre | 21 Bonney Street, Meningie, SA 5264 | (08) 8575 1208 |
Kingston Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital | Cooke St and Young St, Kingston SE 5275 | (08) 8767 0222 |
Kingston Community Medical Centre | 89 Agnes Street, Kingston SE, 5275 | (08) 8767 2024 |
Millicent & Districts Hospital & Health Service | Mount Gambier Rd, Millicent 5280 | (08) 8733 4755 |
Mount Gambier & Districts Health Service | Wehl Street North, Mount Gambier, SA, 5290 | (08) 8721 1200 |
Robe Medical Centre | Smillie Street, Robe, SA, 5276 | (08) 8768 2012 |
Medical Centres – Kangaroo Island
Service | Address | Phone |
Kangaroo Island Health Services (including Hospital) | Esplanade, Kingscote, S.A. 5223 | (08) 8553 4200 |
Medical Centres – Yorke Peninsula
Service | Address | Phone |
Port Pirie Regional Health Service | The Terrace, Pt. Pirie, SA, 5540 | (08) 8638 4500 |
Port Broughton District Hospital | Bay St., Pt. Broughton, SA, 5522 | (08) 8635 2200 |
Northern Yorke Peninsula Regional Health Service | Ernest Terrace, Wallaroo, SA 5556 | (08) 8823 0270 |
Moonta Health & Aged Care Service | Majors Road, Moonta, SA 5558 | (08) 8825 0000 |
Maitland Centre Hospital | 65 Robert Street, Maitland, SA 5573 | (08) 8832 0100 |
Ardrossan Community Hospital Inc | 37 Fifth Street, Ardrossan, SA 5571 | (08) 8837 3021 |
Minlaton Accident & Emergency Service | 7 South Terrace, Minlaton, SA 5575 | (08) 8852 2001, A/H:(08) 8853 2200 |
Yorketown Centre Hospital | 19 Waterloo Bay Road, Yorketown, SA 5576 | (08) 8852 0111 |
Medical Centres – Eyre Peninsula
Service | Address | Phone |
Port Augusta Hospital & Regional Health Services | Hospital Rd., Port Augusta, SA, 5700 | (08) 8648-5500 |
Whyalla Hospital & Health Service | Wood Tce., Whyalla, SA, 5600 | (08) 8648 8300 |
Coffin Bay Medical Centre | Corner Hawson St and Flinders Ave Tel. (Wed) | (08) 8683 2077, (08) 8685 4070 |
Coffin Bay nurse | Corner Haggerty St and Tapley St. | (08) 8685 4070, mob. 0427 026 395 |
Cowell District Hospital | South Terrace, Cowell, SA, 5602 | (08) 8629 2001 |
Cummins Hospital | 21 Tumby Bay Rd, Cummins, SA, 5631 | (08) 8676 0200, (08) 8676 2101 |
Cummins Medical Centre | Tumby Bay Rd, Cummins SA 5631 | (08) 8676 2210 |
Tumby Bay Hospital | Esplanade, Tumby Bay, SA, 5605 | (08) 8688 2007 |
Port Lincoln Health Services | Oxford Tce., Port Lincoln, SA, 5606 | (08) 8683 2200 |
Medical Centres – Far West Coast
Service | Address | Phone |
Mid-West Health, Elliston | Memorial Tce, Elliston SA 5670 | (08) 8687 9001 |
Mid-West Health, Streaky Bay | 1 Flinders Ave, Streaky Bay SA 5680 | (08) 8626 1009 |
Ceduna District Health Services | Eyre Highway, Ceduna, SA 5690 | (08) 8626 2110 |
Dive medical could be defined as a thorough physical examination to understand if a person is capable of surviving sudden on-surface or undersea emergencies. The author has stated names of doctors or healthcare centres all across South Australia where dive medical is currently being performed. Please give it a read.