Johanna J.

Mrs. Johanna J. was between dreams and confusion.

Because Mrs. Johanna J. was so confused, she had great difficulty classifying the situation in the intensive care unit.

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Susanne Jöbges

Dr. med. Susanne Jöbges works as a postdoctoral researcher in bioethics. She holds a degree in anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine and a masters degree in medical ethic. She’s been working as a consultant for anaesthesiology in the department for anaesthesioloy and intensive care (head of the department Prof. Dr. med. C. Spies) at the charité Berlin. On an intensive care unit she was leading senior assistant.

After she joined the DIPEx team in May 2019 and coordinates the module about experiences with self-determination and intensive care.

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Mrs. Johanna J. was between dreams and confusion.

“I: Tell me about the dreams. What were they like?

E: They were very likely things that I heard from my family. From which I then just made my own story. For example: they were talking about (place_1 ), and that they would have wanted to fly me to the health institution (place_3). Rega (Swiss Air Rescue) was a topic. Then someone told that there was a car accident or something at Migrolino (Swiss convenience store supplier). Then I dreamed that I was downstairs in the Migrolino. Down there was the hospital bed. Rega was refueling down there, waiting for me. Then they put me in the Rega. And then the helicopter kind of crashed, so, the electronics crashed for a moment. There was no light. Then they were able to restart it. Then they drove me to the nursing home to ( place_2). Like so to place_2. Then I was out there in place_2 in a nursing home. I was just lying like that in a hallway (corridor). They didn’t have a free bed. It was just in the hallway. Then I had such problems with my lungs and I kept wanting to tell the doctor that, but I couldn’t communicate. He didn’t understand me. I wanted to tell him that I had something of a cow on my lungs. For whatever reason a cow. I don’t know. But, funnily enough, it was always the same doctor.”

Experiences in the intensive care unit

With the technical and medical possibilities on intensive care a patient can be able to survive life-threatening illnesses. These experiences of critical illness and intensive care medicine are challenging for patients and families. Often experiences made on intensive care unit (ICU) can be life changing.
In small video- or audio-sequences we would like to illustrate the experiences made by patients on ICU and how they handled their stay in this critical situation.
Many patients share their experiences on intensive care unit and show how these experiences influenced their life.

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Susanne Jöbges

Dr. med. Susanne Jöbges works as a postdoctoral researcher in bioethics. She holds a degree in anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine and a masters degree in medical ethic. She’s been working as a consultant for anaesthesiology in the department for anaesthesioloy and intensive care (head of the department Prof. Dr. med. C. Spies) at the charité Berlin. On an intensive care unit she was leading senior assistant.

After she joined the DIPEx team in May 2019 and coordinates the module about experiences with self-determination and intensive care.

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