The intensive care units are already starting the new year with a lot of momentum. There are already some changes to report from the intensive care area in January. In the second week of January, a new PACU ward opened on ward 36-4. PACU stands for post-anaesthesia care unit and can be thought of as a kind of recovery room ward. Patients who do not require intensive care or IMC monitoring, but who cannot go straight to the normal ward, can be monitored here for another night. This means that the patients are already on a ward, but are still optimally monitored. The ward initially has four monitoring beds. "We are trying to expand the area further in the future in order to be able to monitor more patients on the ward after operations in the long term. To do this, we are still looking for motivated nursing staff who enjoy a varied job," reports the head of the nursing department, Maximilian Ruppert.

An intermediate care ward was set up on the conservative intensive care unit on February 1. The ward started with four beds on February 1st. Patients from all conservative specialties are treated on the ward under the umbrella of the I. Medical Clinic. Over the next few months, a completely new team will be set up on the ward. The experienced nursing staff in the intensive care unit will be actively helping to ensure that this is successful. They will train the new colleagues and be on hand when they are needed. The concept of the integrated IMC is a great solution, especially for induction. Employees who have always been enthusiastic about intensive care but didn't want to take the plunge can find the perfect interim solution on this ward. The ward offers a great mix of high-tech intensive care medicine and interpersonal contact with patients. In order to be able to guarantee this, the nursing key is also significantly better than on a normal ward.