General information
In the intensive care units, a specially trained team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists looks after your well-being.
Two senior physicians and a number of experienced doctors are responsible for intensive medical treatment. They are supported by a team of nurses with many years of experience and specialist training in anaesthesia and intensive care. Physiotherapists perform movement exercises and breathing gymnastics with you.
We offer you competent care around the clock. For this, the employees work in shifts. This makes a change of nurses and doctors imperative. Please understand that you cannot always be cared for by the same nursing staff and doctors.
Why do you need an intensive care unit?
The task of intensive care medicine is to detect changes as early as possible by seamlessly monitoring the function of the heart and all organs and to treat them specifically in order to ensure a rapid recovery.
After the operation, our patients are taken to one of the two intensive care units. There we have the ability to monitor the circulation, breathing and all important organ functions with monitoring devices and stabilise them with medication if necessary.
As a rule, our patients are transferred from the operating theatre to our intensive care unit while still under anaesthesia. When the situation is stable, the anaesthetic medication is reduced. As soon as our patients are awake and able to breathe on their own, the breathing tube is removed.
During the entire period, monitoring is continued without gaps to ensure the greatest possible safety for our patients. Especially important in this phase of the treatment is good pain therapy to ensure freedom from pain for our patients.
Even the morning after the operation, physiotherapists come and start with individual breathing therapy. Gymnastic exercises are performed to activate the circulation and the muscles. These exercises are individually adapted to the respective situation and increased in small steps in order to improve resilience and endurance over the next few days and to prepare for successful follow-up treatment.
As long as our patients cannot eat and drink themselves, they receive sufficient fluids and nutrient solutions via catheters. As soon as you are able to eat again (usually a few hours after the breathing tube has been removed), a slow build-up of food is started. Patients often complain of loss of appetite and altered taste in the first few days after the operation. This is normal and will go away after a few days.
Daily routine and medical/nursing care in the intensive care unit
Rounds and examinations take place several times a day. Physiotherapy treatment and care of the body take up a lot of space. The nursing staff will accompany and care for you, support the intensive care doctors in medical treatment and carry out therapy measures.
What do I need in the intensive care unit?
Your personal belongings (clothes, toiletries, etc.) will be securely locked away before the operation. Please do not bring any valuables (jewellery etc.) with you to the hospital. Only a few things are required for the stay in the intensive care units, such as glasses, hearing aids, dentures or special medication such as eye drops.
Hygiene
When entering the intensive care unit, we ask visitors to disinfect their hands. You will find dispensers with disinfectant at all doors. Under certain conditions, it may be necessary for you to put on a gown, face mask and gloves before entering your relative’s room.
Our team wishes you a speedy recovery.
Telephone information
Of course, we are always available to provide you with information. However, we ask you to keep to the visiting and information times of the intensive care units as far as possible. We ask for your understanding that we only provide information to the next of kin by telephone. On the day of the operation, you can contact the doctor on duty from 18:00 with questions about the course of the operation. Otherwise, the information times below apply:
Telephone information: 9:30 – 11:00 and 18:00 – 19:00
Telephone duty doctor ward 1.1: +49 (0) 89 1218-1109 & Telephone duty doctor ward 1.3: +49 (0) 89 1218-3106
Of course, the attending physicians are available for a personal consultation. However, please understand if there are short waiting times.
Visiting the intensive care unit and visiting hours
Please note our current separate visit regulations.
Visits from relatives contribute to recovery. Please understand that only a maximum of two visitors can be at the bedside at the same time. Visits by young children are only possible in exceptional cases and in consultation with the treatment team. As patient care is our top priority, waiting times may occur due to nursing activities, examinations or therapy measures. We ask for your understanding.
Visiting hours are daily from 14:30 – 16:00. In special cases, individual agreements can also be made. However, these must please be arranged with the care team in advance.
