Our areas of activity are:

Anaesthesia
During operations or diagnostic interventions anaesthetists are responsible not just for the actual anaesthetic. Using our 5 senses as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and treatment technology, we ensure that the body's vital functions (e.g. respiration, circulation, kidney function and the body's own heat balance) are maintained. In major and difficult operations and in emergencies it is our task to identify problems quickly and to respond to them immediately.
We use all the latest methods of anaesthesiology, which we are constantly updating in line with the state of the art, e.g.

General anaesthesia with intubation, larynx mask or mask

• Balanced anaesthesia (together with inhalation anaesthesia)
• TIVA (total intravenous anaesthesia)
• Anaesthesia in a closed system (ZEUS)

Regional anaesthesia

• Plexus axillary block techniques
•  Hand block
•  Foot block
•  IV regional anaesthesia
•  3-in-1 catheter technology
•  Peripheral nerve blocks of the lower extremity with and without catheter technology
•  Epidural anaesthesia (=peridural anaesthesia), thoraco/lumbar
•  Spinal anaesthesia
•  etc.

Intensive Care Medicine (surgical), 19 beds
The Surgical Intensive Care Ward is under our management in terms of organisation and specialism. We ensure state-of-the-art intensive care medicine that ranges from the monitoring of patients following major operations through to the complete care of extremely severely injured and sick patients (including renal replacement therapy).

Medical contact person:
Chief Physician Dr. G. Schröer, D.E.E.A., M.A.
Doctor of Anaesthesiology
Intensive Care Medicine
E-mail: guido.schroeer(at)intensivmedizin-hamm.de

Critical Care Medicine
Three weeks in every month the doctors of the AICP man the emergency doctor vehicle for Hamm Norden, supported in individual cases by personnel from other departments. The organisation and management of critical care medicine is one of our major tasks.

Medical contact person:

Chief Consultant Dr. Bernhard Eßer
Specialist in Anaesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine
Tel.: +49 (0) 23 81/6 81-0 (mobile 9107)
E-mail: BEsser(at)barbaraklinik.de

Acute pain therapy (peri-operative)
The pain therapy provision before and after operations includes analgesics, regional anaesthesia methods, syringe pumps and PCA (patient-controlled anaesthesia) pump ­systems. A Standing Pain Conference is led by our department, which also has the function of further enhancing the high standards.

Medical contact person:
Dr. Maria Thiemann, D.E.E.A
Specialist in Anaesthesiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Tel.: +49 (0) 23 81/6 81-0 (mobile 9106)
E-mail: schmerzdienst(at)anaesthesie-hamm.de

Autologous blood donation
We are responsible for transfusion medicine within the hospital.
During the preparation for planned operations (particularly hip and knee endoprostheses) we perform an autologous blood donation for appropriate patients as an important precautionary measure.

Medical contact person:

• Acting Senior Practitioner Stefanie Brockt, Specialist in Transfusion Medicine and Anaesthesiology
  Dr. Maria Thiemann, D.E.E.A., Specialist in Anaesthesiology
  Stefan Reismann, Specialist in Anaesthesiology
  Franz Straub, Resident Physician (in training)
  Tel.: +49 (0) 23 81/6 81-1280 (Wednesday12:30-14:00)
  Tel.: +49 (0) 23 81/6 81-0 (mobile 9105)
  E-mail: eigenblutspende(at)anaesthesie-hamm.de