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Experiences in the intensive care unit

Lena L.

Ms. Lena L. suffered from the long waiting times and the uncertainty.

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In order to visit her partner, Ms Lena L. had to wait outside the intensive care unit for a long time. This caused her anxiety and insecurity.

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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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Ms. Lena L. suffered from the long waiting times and the uncertainty.

“Once in this intensive care unit / I think that was also when I was there for the first time, I don’t know either. No, when I saw something, that was easy for me. I didn’t know there what was going on behind the door in the ICU. You always have to sign in. I signed in. They said he was just still / there had just been some incident. I think I then waited outside that door for about 1 1/2 hours. Yes. That’s where I got a little worried. I don’t know to this day what happened there. I do not know if he / he is purpose / exactly. He fell out of bed once in the first intensive care unit. That’s what they told us then. I don’t know if he didn’t fall out of bed there too or if something with the chair pan or something / something was there that they had to work really hard.
Yes. And once there he really / there he couldn’t breathe. That was also in the intensive care unit. I don’t even remember how that happened. Um, yes, that was still bad. But I had the feeling that the nurse had it 100% under control. He then worked with him to make sure that he could breathe again. “

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.
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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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