Department of Neuroanaesthesiology

Scope of Care

• Anaesthesia and perioperative care for neurosurgical patients.
• Intensive care for postoperative neurosurgical patients, all ages.
• Recovery care for postoperative neurosurgical patients, all ages.
• Recovery care for MRI-anaesthesia patients.
• Intensive care for neurosurgical patients.
• Intensive care for patients with neurological disease and respiratory affection.
• Specialized Pain Centre treatment concerning chronic pain conditions, cancer pain, and palliative support.

Supplementary

• Implementation and development of PDM in Intensive Care Unit.
• Specific support programmes for patients and groups of relatives in Intensive Care Unit.
• Training programme for Junior Doctors in anaesthesiology.
• Training programme for medical students.
• Qualification development projects in all four departments.
• VIPS in all four departments.
• Education and training for ventilatory assistants in Respiratory Centre East.

Identified High Risk Areas with underlined clinical guidelines

Operating Theatre/ anaesthesia:

• Anaesthesia for patients with subarachnoidal haemorrhagia (aneurysm).
• Anaesthesia for children suffering from posterior cerebral tumor.

Respiratory Centre East:

• Change of tracheostomy tube within the first three months after application of tra-cheostomy.

Neurointensive Care Unit:

• Neurointensive treatment of patients suffering from subarachnoidal haemorrhagia.
• Neurointensive treatment of the neurotraumatised patients.

Staff in total

Medical staff 20
Nursing staff 109
Other 33

List quality-improvement projects/initiatives

• Optimising of childrens admissions in Intensive Care Unit.
• Psychological environment: GRUS in Intensive Care Unit.
• Implementation of surgical and anaesthesiological activities in the MR-scanner and in the operating theatre.
• Implementation of booking procedures in the operating theatre and anaesthesiology.