Intensive Care and Nursing

Scenes from hospital intensive care units, illustrating nurses tending to patients and performing medical observations in a clinical setting.

Cardiac monitoring on a stroke patient hospitalized in intensive care, Neuro-Vascular Unit (UNV) CHU Bordeaux.

Students facing a post natal emergency follow procedures on a mannequin. This dummy is controlled by operators in an adjoining room. Here, a woman with heavy bleeding following a home birth.

Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. While waiting for a new patient, nurses maintain an artificial respirator.

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. Intensive care.

Medic preparing patient for procedure

Department of cardiac intensive care, Haut Lévêque hospital, Bordeaux, France.

Reportage with a team of physiotherapists in a hospital in Haute-Savoie in France. Two physiotherapists mobilize a patient in intensive care.

Department of cardiac intensive care, Haut Lévêque hospital, Bordeaux, France.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Sports medecine department. Medical exam with stress test to measure the quantity of oxygene (VO2) consumed by the patient. Annual health check for the FFC (French Federation of Cycling).

Physiotherapist and newborn baby placed under respiratory assistance Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France

Stretchered patient, Bordeaux hospital, France.

Reportage on a home health care service in Savoie, France. A nurse cares for a patient suffering from bedsores.

Haemodialysis. Patient undergoing haemodialysis treatment. Limoges hospital, France.

Reportage in the oncology department of a day hospital in France. Auxiliary nurse, Marie-Cécile, works here three days a week as a hospital beautician. She provides beauty treatment to women with cancer and solutions to cope with the side effects of cancer treatments. These moments are conducive to one-to-one conversations. She gives a patient beauty treatment during a chemotherapy session.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Nurse in the emergency room of a university hospital. A young man thinks he was drugged without his knowledge in a bar. He goes to the emergency room to carry out tests. The nurse collects his testimony and draws up an assessment.

Patient and nurse during outpatient dialysis in the dialysis center of the Dominikus Krankenhaus hospital, Heerdt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

An 81-year-old patient undergoes an injected brain scanner to detect a stroke.

Nurses moving patient lying in bed

Blood transfusion, Angoulême hospital, France,

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients in need of respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must respect the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses and gloves. Management of a Covid 19 patient, transferred by Samu 91. First examinations and analyzes carried out by the doctor and all nursing staff. Preparation of equipment, respirator, anti-decubitus mattress.

Nurse and mother in the pediatric intensive care unit and intensive care. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Nurse and widwife student. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Medium shot health worker hospital

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. The nurses train on a crisis situation and must react in real time and use the right gestures when faced with the dummy in intensive care. The patient must be intubated, then using a BAVU the students practice artificial respiration on the SimMan dummy.

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. NIV non-invasive artificial ventilation technique. Air is delivered mechanically and can be adjusted according to the patient's needs.

Nurse assisting a girl on a scale

reading the information written on the papers on the wall

Senior Master Sgt. Karla Lewis, medic with the 139th Medical Group, preps for an intravenous on an emergency room Aug. 2, 2022, at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Members with the 155th Medical group, Nebraska and the 139th Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guards traveled to Japan to to improve career-field competencies and validate tasks alongside their counterparts.

Reportage with a team of physiotherapists in a hospital in Haute-Savoie in France. Two physiotherapists mobilize a patient in intensive care.

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Saint George Clinic, Nice, France. Treating a torn cruciate ligament with ligament surgery using the Sambba technique. The operation, carried out under arthroscopy, consists of reconstructing the torn ligament with a transplant taken from the knee. Intubation by the anesthetist.

African american therapist doctor wearing medical protection face mask

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. Two nurses in the trauma centre.

Cardiology Hospital. Intensive care unit. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. Report

Reportage in the pediatric unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. Two nurses.

Hospital Henri Gabrielle, Lyon, St Genis Laval, France. Department of urology.

Hospital coming

Outpatient surgery

Reportage in the St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Short-stay unit. Blood pressure reading by a nurse.

Hospital doctor examining a patient with a stethoscope at emergency department.

Paediatric nurse and premature twins newborn babies. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatrics, mother and son in hospital.

doctor next to patient with oxygen mask lying on bed

Pediatric nurse placing a drip to a premature newborn baby. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Photo essay at the maternity of Saint Maurice hospital in France. Woman pregnant with twins in the labor ward. Epidural anesthaesia.

Doctor in scrub preparing couch

Reportage in the sleep laboratory at Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic. Carrying out a polysomnography exam over night. Polysomnography consists of recording, during sleep, several physiological variables in order to determine certain sleep disorders. 7.30pm: setting up the specific equipment.

Hospital staff helping patient in emergency

Shock room in the intensive care unit of a university hospital.

Reportage in the dialysis centre in Leman hospital, Thônon-les-Bains, France. Patients go to this service three times a week, each session lasting 4 hours on average.

A nurse installing medication in infusion pump. Pediatric Hospital. Guayaquil. Ecuador

Hospital doctor showing X-ray with a patient in observation at emergency department.

Woman veterinarian dentist doing procedure of professional teeth cleaning dog in a veterinary clinic. Anesthetized dog in operation table. Pet healthcare concept

Stress test of a fifty-year-old suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. (Photo by: MORCILLO/BSIP/UIG)

Couple with their premature newborn baby at a pediatric intensive care unit. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Reportage in the maternity department of Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. Baby in an incubator after a cesarian birth.

The cardiology intensive care department of Saint-Philibert hospital (GHICL) in Lille, France. Nurses dispensing care.

Sophie and Agnes have been living together as a couple for 11 years and wanted to start a family. They are members of the French APGL association (for gay and lesbian parents and future parents). Following three artificial inseminations attempts in Spain, they decided to try IVF. They have been followed by a clinic in Ghent, Belgium since 2015. After monitoring and treatment that lasted several months, IVF took place in February 2016. It was a success and on 17th November 2016, Gael was born. Sophie and Agnes are in the examination room. A doctor implants the egg.

Paediatric auxiliary nurse filling a premature newborn baby medical records. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients needing respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and physicians are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must comply with the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses, gloves. .

Woman hospitalized in a private hospital in Tunisia.

Checking blood pressure

Emergency department of Bordeaux hospital, France.

A patient with breathing difficulties has an electrocardiogram.

Reportage on a mountain rescue doctor working in both the Carroz and de Flaine ski resorts in Haute-Savoie, France. He treats skiers and snowboarders who have been injured on the slopes. A woman sees the doctor following a fall in the resort. The doctor x-rays the patients ankle.

Reportage in the Rothschild Foundations intensive care unit in Paris, France.

surgeons standing in operation room at the hospital

two homecare nurses learning how to use a hoist

5th year medical students during an IV placement workshop. Students train on an arterial arm allowing arterial and venous puncture for blood sampling. The arm allows work on the Cephalic, basilic, radial and cubital veins as well as the radial and brachial arteries for infusion and blood sampling.

A patient with breathing difficulties. Electrocardiogram and examination.

Ambulatory chemotherapy

Reportage with a team of physiotherapists in a hospital in Haute-Savoie in France. A cardiac rehabilitation session run by a physiotherapist. This session is for patients who have had a heart attack.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Reportage in the gynecology surgery service of the Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France. Conservative hysterectomy by vaginal laparoscopy in a 44-year old patient suffering from adenomyosis and uterine lymphoma. Nurse.

Photo essay at Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France. Department of resuscitation.

2 years old baby undergoing deafness screening test with the method of the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) which analyzes the electrical activity of the auditory nerve sensed by 3 surface electrods.

The Saxon Corona Test Centres for air travellers officially go into operation on Monday, 3 August, at Dresden and Leipzig Halle Airports. Employees of KV Saxony take the tests

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Sonovum GmbH

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology. Bronchial endoscopy.

Pediatric nurse washing hands. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

A portrait of a female doctor

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. Chest x-ray in the trauma centre.

Nurse Practicing with Baby Mannequin

Photo essay at Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France. Department of resuscitation.

Doctor examining teenage girl s arm during medical checkup. Doctor examining teenage girl s arm during medical checkup in hospital. model released

Outpatient dialysis, doctor looking after patient, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Patient undergoing a CT scan, Intensive care department, Lagny Marne-la-Vallée hospital, France,

Intern, Intensive care department, Lagny Marne-la-Vallée hospital, France,

Discussions between an emergency doctor and nurses after taking charge of a SMUR patient.

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. A doctor talks to a patient.

Photo essay with an Emergency Medical Service team of Pontoise hospital (France). Pediatric emergency. A newborn child has breathing difficulties. The Emergency Medical Service team intervenes in the hospital then transfers the newborn child to another hospital.

Photo essay at the department of gynecology/obstetric at the Rouen hospital, France. Visit of medical students(interns and externs) in patients' rooms.

Anesthesiologist students during a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine. Students train on a Sim Man 3 G robotic dummy.

A 77-year-old patient with signs of stroke is managed. Following the MRI, the neurologist hesitates on the procedure to follow and consults his colleague.

Shock room in the intensive care unit of a university hospital.

Consultation of a woman during her 4th pregnancy due to insomnia.

Hands, healthcare and a nurse writing on documents in a hospital during a patient checkup or report. Medical, insurance and information with a black woman medicine professional in a clinic closeup

Bergamo. Nurses at the Hospital Pope John XXIII help patients communicate with their family members through tablets and smartphones

Reportage in a mobile blood donation unit run by EFS (the French Blood Establishment) in Puteaux, France. A team of nurses collect blood.

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