In two intensive care units and IMC units, our team cares for 4,000 critically ill patients annually, including those following major surgery, serious injuries, and acute illnesses involving impaired cardiovascular and pulmonary function. All common support systems are used, such as veno-venous and veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), left ventricular assist devices (LVAD, Impella). Furthermore, all forms of advanced hemodynamic monitoring and renal replacement therapy are available. A particular clinical and scientific focus is digital documentation, which enables us to analyze large amounts of data and identify predictors of severe disease progression.

In the emergency medicine department, colleagues with specialized emergency medical training work as emergency physicians on three emergency medical vehicles, an intensive care transport vehicle, and offshore rescue helicopters in the North and Baltic Seas. Our clinic offers specialized training and qualification courses and operates its own simulation center to ideally prepare the team for emergency situations.

The hospital's telemedicine center is staffed around the clock by our physicians and ensures medical care for patients who have no access to traditional medical care. This particularly applies to emergency medical care at offshore wind farms. Specially trained emergency paramedics are on-site and, after consultation with the telemedicine center, provide emergency care. The telemedicine connection thus ensures that all patients receive ideal care and that evidence-based decisions can be made, for example, regarding evacuation flights. Other areas of application of the telemedicine center include supporting community emergency paramedics and statutory health insurance emergency service districts, as well as providing long-term care and weaning for patients requiring home ventilation and outpatient intensive care.

In addition, the University Clinic of Anesthesiology (AINS) has a pain clinic specifically dedicated to the treatment of acute and chronic pain. Patients who require special treatment options due to the severity and duration of their pain are treated here and are therefore cared for by a specialized team of physicians, psychologists, and nurses.