In the intensive care unit - What happens to the patient during and after treatment?

What happens when a person suffers a stroke or sepsis, has a serious accident, a brain disease or an operation requires a stay in the intensive care unit? Machines are an essential part of intensive care medicine. They can seem annoying or frightening, but they serve to monitor the patient closely and are often life-saving. We show what the equipment does in the intensive care unit, as well as the work of the people who look after the patient. We also think about the time after treatment and present strategies to make it easier to deal with the experience.

Further information can be found on the website of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the UKJ