Tag: On station
SZ column “Auf Station”: Alarming thirst – Ebersberg
It’s been a while since a young man in his 20s came to the Ebersberg intensive care unit. He was very dizzy, and at the beginning he sometimes couldn’t speak…
SZ column “Auf Station”: Everyone has resources – Ebersberg
“Naaa, I just want to die.” That’s what one of my patients said when I went to his room with our intern in the morning and offered him that we’d…
SZ column “Auf Station”: If you ignore the body’s warning signals – Ebersberg
“I thought it was okay.” That’s a phrase I’ve heard many times from patients. They were wrong – otherwise they would almost certainly not have ended up in our intensive…
SZ column “Auf Station”: What “do everything” really means – Ebersberg
I have often seen family members say goodbye to a dying patient – there are many different ways to do it. But that the wife, full of desperation, lay in…
SZ column “Auf Station”: Much more than just a scent – Ebersberg
I recently treated a sedated and ventilated patient who was struggling with extremely severe psoriasis. That was not the reason for his stay in the intensive care unit, but it…
SZ column “On Ward”: Tattooed patients and their stories – Ebersberg
In my job, I not only care for sick people, I also learn a lot that actually has nothing to do with care. In another job I probably would never…
SZ column “Auf Station”: Still a tip or already a bribe? – Ebersberg
Recently, one of my patients wanted to slip me a 20 euro note. “There, sister, look, that’s for you,” he said. I took the money first, thanked him – and…
SZ column “Auf Station”: Intensively overcrowded – Ebersberg
We usually reposition all patients in our intensive care every two hours, i.e. three times per shift – unless they can do it themselves. On the one hand, this is…
SZ column “Auf Station”: “Resuscitation someone costs effort” – Ebersberg
One of my patients was with us because he had collapsed at work. cardiac arrest. It took 13 minutes for paramedics to arrive and 45 minutes for paramedics to arrive.…
SZ column “Auf Station”: Early shift on New Year – Ebersberg
Ever since I became a mother, I’ve usually had Christmas off – but I work around New Year’s Eve, because we have to work on one of the two holidays…