Surigical intensive care medicine
The surgical intensive care unit (SICU) is conducted by the department of anaesthesia and – in close collaboration with the surgical disciplines – is responsible for the monitoring and care of patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses and temporary collapses of vital organs.
Beside pre- and postoperative stabilisation of the vital functions (respiration, circulation, metabolic- and excretion functions), we perform emergency treatment of seriously injured people with or without brain damage.
The temporary bridge of malfunctions or collapses of organs calls for the deployment of technical devices, such as respirators and dialysis appliances (in cooperation with the department of nephrology), as well as highly potent pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, anticoagulative as well as sedative medicaments.
Nurses and doctors of the intensive care unit are in charge of emergency treatment in the surgical departments of the hospital.
Alternating with the doctors in the department of clinical medicine, the doctors in the department of anaesthesia staff the DRK's hospital-based mobile intensive care unit.
head physican:
Prof. Dorothee Bremerich MD
e-mail:
d.bremerich@st-vincenz.de
Office:
Auf dem Schafsberg
65549 Limburg
Phone +49 6431/292-4501
E-Mail:
b.becker@st-vincenz.de
