Intensive Care and Procedures

Scenes from hospital intensive care units and surgeries, focusing on medical staff attending to patients in critical conditions.

Two male doctors examining patient

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. A nursing auxiliary giving a patient a bed bath.

Reportage in the pediatric unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A nurse gives Nitronox (a mix of gas and air) while a catheter is placed in a young patient.

Reportage in the pediatric unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. Respiratory therapy session for a baby with breathing difficulties.

Blood transfusion of anemic patient during a hemodialysis session. Nurse according to the protocol control Transfusion. Limoges hospital, France.

Gurney, healthcare or rush with doctors and nurses in hospital for emergency, operation or surgery. Medical, running and urgency with medicine professional team in hallway to save patient or victim

Photo essay with an Emergency Medical Service team of Pontoise hospital (France). Night intervention for a woman in respiratory distress syndrome in an old people's home. The woman is transferred to the hospital.

Reportage in the iLumens laboratory, during a day dedicated to ongoing training for midwives and obstetrician gynecologists, on the theme of resuscitation in the birthing room. The iLumens lab (University Lab for Medical Teaching using Digital and Simulation Technologies) is in Paris Descartes University and organises initial, specialised and ongoing training for all health care professionals.

People helping woman giving birth to child at maternity

Training of medical interns in the ECMO technique, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

senior doctor with his sick 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.

Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Infant baby girl (0-1 months) having hearing test done

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

Reportage in the epileptology unit in Nice Hospital, France. Long-term EEG (3 days) for a check-up of partial epilepsy.

Reportage in the maternity service of Métropole Savoie hospital in Chambéry, France. A planned cesarean delivery. Intern and patient before the intervention.

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 comply with 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.

Boy imitating a doctor and standing near a patient

Amniocentesis. Antenatal diagnosis

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.

Report from the maternity ward of the Antoine-Béclère hospital (92). Pregnant woman, after IVF (in vitro fertilization), before childbirth.

Pediatric nurses and a premature newborn baby, CHU Bordeaux France.

Nurse Giving Patient an Injection

Patients during dialysis

Medical Team Working On Patient In Emergency Room

A nurse takes the blood of a patient in emergencies department in the hospital of Aix en Provence. .Une infimiere preleve le sang d'un patient au service des urgences du centre hospitalier d'Aix en Provence. Paca, France.

Photo essay at La Croix Saint-Simon Hospital, Paris, France. Post-operative blood transfusion.

Infant in consultation

Newborn dummy emergency care training. Training at the CESU, Center for teaching emergency care at the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. Different healthcare professionals train in real emergency situations on a SimNewB newborn dummy. The newborn is cared for by an emergency doctor assisted by doctors from the SMUR. Cardiac massage is performed to resuscitate the newborn.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

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

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. A student nurse talks to a patient.

A nurse bringing medication to a patient

Pediatric nurses and a premature newborn baby, CHU Bordeaux France.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Plastic surgery. Skin grafting on the thorax of a man.

Physiotherapist giving chiropractic massage to elder man

A female medical technician preparing to give an x-ray to a child who is laying on a table.

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

Surgeon talking to patient recovering from surgery

Assessing pupil dilation : hospital doctor performing neurological examination of a patient at emergency department.

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

5th year medical students during a SimMan dummy cardiac massage workshop.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

Photo essay at the department of oncology of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, France. Outpatient hospital, chemotherapy session. Patient receive the support of an image advice and socio-aesthetics person. This professional service provider is so appreciated that the patient name her Miss Happyness.

Hospital staff rushing patient to operating room

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. During the scenario, students must choose the right drugs, medication to administer to the patient.

Hospital bed, pregnancy and woman waiting for consultation, wellness and prenatal appointment. Healthcare, gynecology and pregnant person for medical service, maternity checkup or fertility treatment

Ophthalmology surgery, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, treatment of a retinal detachment through vitrectomy, Anesthetics equipment. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. Three nurses chat to a patient.

Little girl with mouth open getting caries treatment

Nurse operating blood pressure machine with patient and doctor talking in background

Reportage in the neonatal unit of Robert-Debré hospital in Paris, France.

Reportage in the epileptology unit in Nice Hospital, France. Epilepsy diagnosis: EEG in a 52-year old patient hospitalized in the neurology service following a series of seizures. The EEG measures cerebral electrical activity. Placing an EEG headset with straps enabling electrodes to be precisely positioned.

pregnant woman being monitored by the doctor

Brazzaville Hospital. NGO la Chaîne de l'Espoir. Intensive care unit.

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

Nurses examine a patient in a stretcher.

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. During the scenario, students must choose the right drugs, medication to administer to the patient.

The progress of medicine manifests itself especially in the lives of the smallest earthlings, the premature babies. Whereas in the past babies with a birth weight of less than 1000 g could hardly survive, today it is quite possible for children weighing 500 g to have a good chance without harm. Care, attention and nursing do the rest. The photos were taken at the intensive care unit for premature babies at Bethanien Hospital. The photo shows: Premature baby with 800 g, Germany, Europe

The progress of medicine manifests itself especially in the lives of the smallest earthlings, the premature babies. Whereas in the past babies with a birth weight of less than 1000 g could hardly survive, today it is quite possible for children weighing 500 g to have a good chance without harm. Care, attention and nursing do the rest. The photos were taken at the intensive care unit for premature babies at Bethanien Hospital. The photo shows: Premature baby with 800 g, DEU, Germany, Europe

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

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

Midwifes. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

Anesthesia issued by a pump.

The medical team is practicing saving lives with models and using machines. defibrillator To save lives

Management of a patient in the emergency department. The emergency doctor osculates the patient.

Surgeon drawing line on girl eye with marker preparing for procedure.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

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

Medical training. Patient simulator. Emergency department of Bordeaux hospital, France.

Patient and nurse talking, hospital room, surgery department, health service, hospital, Czech Republic, Europe

Caregiver. Recovery room. Bordeaux hospital. France.

The Heart Institute offer high-quality care to Vietnamese patients suffering from heart diseases. Child in hospital. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. Simulation session on a SimMan dummy. Cardiac massage and installation of a defibrillator.

A premature baby is placed under blue light to treat jaundice.

MODEL RELEASED. Nurse preparing a patient for an IV line.

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

Treatment of uterine leiomyoma by embolization, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou (HEGP), AP-HP, Paris, France.

Colonoscopy, performed here in an internal medicine practice, is an important measure to prevent carcinomas, Germany, Europe

Nurse during his work in intensive care in hospital, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Reportage at night in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. Stretcher bearer.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital in France. Department of Neonatology.

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

Chiroptractor doing orthopedic massage on aged patient

Medical equipment disinfection. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Parents with their premature newborn baby at a pediatric intensive care unit, CHU Bordeaux.

Young female doctor in infusion concept

Anaesthetist nurse. Recovery room. Bordeaux hospital. France.

Shock room in the intensive care unit of a university hospital. The director makes a daily point with his interns.

Treatment of hydrocephalus of a premature newborn, Neonatology Department, CHU Bordeaux.

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

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.

Tele-consultation between the neurology department in Besançon hospital, France and A&E in Dole hospital, France. Dole hospital doesn't have a neurology department which makes detecting a CVA a difficult task. Telemedicine allows A&E doctors at Dole Hospital to obtain an immediate diagnosis by a neurologist in Besançon hospital. This system allows doctors to exchange medical imagery and the patient's file.

MODEL RELEASED. Two nurses fastening medical restraint to male patient.

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

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

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

Blood transfusion of anemic patient during a hemodialysis session. Nurse according to the protocol control Transfusion. Limoges hospital, France.

Reportage in the pediatric emergency unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A nurse and auxiliary nurse take a blood sample from a baby.

of 3