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Our Nursing is based on the MHH mission statement and the nursing concept of Hannover Medical School. It is planned, carried out and evaluated in a patient-oriented manner, taking into account the psychosocial situation.

Our ward was designed to care foreight intensive care patients and has two double and single rooms.

Our nursing team consists of full-time and part-time registered nurses, some of whom have completed two years of specialist training in intensive care and anesthesia care and training as wound therapists. Participation in internal and external training courses is an integral part of our Human Resources. The nursing team is supported in its daily work by the cooperation of many different professional groups.

New colleagues are supported by trained mentors and practical instructors during the induction period and beyond. Trainees from the nursing school are accompanied and guided by a mentor throughout their entire period of employment. This gives them the opportunity to gain an initial insight into intensive care.

We guarantee continuous care by working in a three-shift system in order to restore the well-being and health of our patients through interdisciplinary cooperation.

Nursing focuses on the care of severely injured polytraumatized patients, postoperative monitoring of trauma surgery patients and special wound care.

Patients are treated in our intensive care unit for a variety of reasons, e.g. after a serious traffic accident, a patient with multiple injuries (polytrauma) is admitted directly to the unit. Treatment also takes place after hip, spinal or major pelvic surgery if the patient requires special treatment and monitoring for several hours or days. It may also be necessary if the patient's state of health deteriorates during treatment on another ward. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to predict the necessary duration of intensive care.

Specialized care measures on the ward include

• early recognition and control of emergency situations
• the use of kinetic therapies
• the use of vacuum therapies
• the care and monitoring of polytraumatized (multi-injured) patients
• the care and monitoring of post-operative patients
• the early rehabilitation of patients, taking into account their special resources

The quality of Nursing is achieved and guaranteed by, among other things

• Nursing standards and expert standards
• Interdisciplinary cooperation with other professional groups
• Implementation of the nursing process
• Participation in external and internal training courses
• Further specialist training
• Personnel development concept

Your relative is in our intensive care unit. This is probably a very worrying situation for you.

We would like to provide you with the following information to help you better understand the situation your relative is in.

For some patients, breathing must be supported by a ventilator. This device is connected to the patient via tubes. Air flows in and out via the breathing tube, which is inserted into the windpipe through the mouth or nose. Inserting the tube is called intubation, removing it is called extubation. If the patient needs the help of the ventilator for a longer period of time, a tracheotomy may be performed. As long as the tube is in place, the patient cannot speak, drink or eat. Depending on the patient's situation and the medication used, you may find your relative in an artificial deep sleep, dazed or awake. The awake patient has the opportunity to express themselves through signs and gestures or in response to specific questions. When the tube is removed and the patient is sufficiently awake, they can speak again.

The patient is connected to monitors for constant monitoring of heart function, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen levels and other important bodily functions. The data is recorded via sensors (electrodes) attached to the body and connected to the monitoring devices via cables. The measured values can be read off in the form of curves or figures on the corresponding screens. Almost all devices in the intensive care unit react to even the smallest changes with audible and visible signals. This does not usually mean acute danger. However, the alarms draw our attention to a particular situation and help us to act in good time in an emergency.

Thin plastic tubes (venous catheters) inserted into a blood vessel ensure the necessary supply of medication, fluids and nutrients. As long as the patient is unable to eat and drink normally, nutrition is provided either via a tube inserted through the nose into the stomach (gastric tube) or via the venous catheter. Body fluids, such as gastric juice or urine, are drained through a gastric tube or bladder catheter. After an operation, tubes(drains) are sometimes placed in the wound area to drain secretions and blood so that wound healing is not impaired. These fluids are collected in collection bags or bottles attached to the edge of the bed. Special mattresses on the patient beds are designed to prevent the development of pressure sores (decubiti). Sometimes elaborate special beds are also used for special positioning.

Sometimes a patient has to be isolated because regular bacteriological tests reveal bacteria that are resistant to a large number of antibiotics, i.e. against which these antibiotics are no longer effective. These bacteria are therefore referred to as multi-resistant. If multi-resistant bacteria are detected in patients, it may be necessary to take special hygiene measures to prevent the transmission of these bacteria to other patients. A sign on the room door will inform you of this and the nursing staff will help you to behave appropriately.

We ask you to disinfect your hands regularly. You will find disinfectant dispensers in the visitors' room and in front of each patient room.

Our intensive care unit has regulated work processes. We try to maintain the day-night rhythm for the patient. Doctors examine the patient, determine the therapy and carry out the necessary treatments. They are supported by the nursing staff, who monitor the patient, carry out certain therapeutic measures and record the course of treatment. The nursing staff also support the patient with personal hygiene, mobilization and food intake. Various tasks are also carried out alternately by nursing staff and physicians. However, this routine can be interrupted by acute events. This then requires a change in the work routine and can temporarily give the impression of restlessness.

If necessary, please bring the patient's glasses, dentures or hearing aids with you. You are also welcome to bring your relative hygiene items such as a razor, toothbrush, deodorant or skin lotion. Other personal items and food should only be brought after consultation with the nursing staff.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to call us. For data protection reasons, we are only allowed to provide information to direct relatives. We would ask you to coordinate within the family so that only one person calls and asks for information and then passes it on.

We will inform you immediately of any serious changes in your relative's condition.

• You enter the MHH through the main entrance (building K6) and walk through the shopping street to elevator node_B.
• There, turn right until you reach elevator node_E.
• Take the passenger elevator to floor 7 and exit to the left.

You will then find the entrance to the intensive care area on the left-hand side.


Dear visitors,

Before entering the intensive care unit, please register on our ward via the telephone in the waiting area in front of the entrance using the above telephone number.

There may be some waiting time due to the time-consuming care of patients. We ask for your understanding if you have to be patient in order to visit your relative.

Please do not leave any personal belongings (coats, umbrellas, etc.) unattended and keep your valuables with you.

It is important for our patients to receive visits from people close to them. Personal contact with the patient through your visits is an essential part of recovery, so you are very welcome.

However, we would ask you to visit your relative between 14:00 and 19:30 if possible. By prior arrangement, we will of course also try to give you the opportunity to visit in the morning. These times differ from the regular visiting hours of the MHH, as the mornings in an intensive care unit are often the time when our patients are on their way to special examinations (CT, MRI), the senior physician rounds take place and consultations are carried out by other specialist departments. For this reason, we have set our visiting times for the afternoon. It is not advisable to visit on the day of the operation, as anesthesia often lasts into the evening hours.

In the interests of your relative and other patients, we ask you to make arrangements within the family and ensure that no more than two relatives visit at the same time.

The Visiting children and adolescents in an intensive care unit must be carefully considered. Please be sure to discuss their visit with us in advance!

In order to protect the personal sphere of the patient, we will only give telephone information to a person known to us. Unfortunately, other callers cannot receive any information. Please inform each other.

You can reach us around the clock on the above telephone number.

Please be sure to give us your telephone number on your first visit or call. In the event of acute and serious changes in your relative's condition, we will try to reach you.

For reasons of hygiene, flowers and plants are not permitted in the intensive care unit.