Medical Care in Hospitals

Nurses providing care in hospital environments including chronic pain management, hemodialysis, and patient monitoring.

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.

Reportage in the Pain Evaluation and Management Centre in Nantes hospital, France. They are specialised in the treatment of persistent chronic pain. The centre's mobile unit carries out consultations in the hospital's various services.

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

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. Two nurses looking after a patient.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of urology.

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.

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. Two nurses looking after a patient.

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. Two nurses look after a patient.

Outpatient surgery

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

nurse adjusting oxtgen supply to patient in hospital

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. Doctor's visit.

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

Geriatric hospital ward. Nurses helping a confused patient on the geriatric ward of a hospital.

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. Two nurses look after a patient.

Treatment of varicose veins by foam echosclerotherapy, injection into a target vein of a sclerosing agent in foam form, under ultrasound guidance. The objective of this treatment is to damage the venous endothelium in order to destroy the venous wall through a phenomenon of fibrosis.

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. A nurse and nursing auxiliary weighing a patient.

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

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region. Intervention by SMUR emergency workers following a stab wound. The victim is in serious condition that requires urgent transport to hospital. On arrival at the hospital, the patient is directly taken care of by the teams of the DAR Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation of severe polytraumatized patients at Montpellier Hospital.

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

A patient who is not very lucid is placed under electrodes in intensive care to monitor his heart rate.

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

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

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. Two physiotherapists exercise a patient.

Support by a team from SMUR d'Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and firefighter from SDIS 80 of a pregnant person about to give birth at home. Support up to the delivery room of the maternity ward.

Heart ultrasonography of newborn baby, Pediatrics department, Bordeaux hospital, France.

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. Last talk with the surgeon.

Patient in the shock ward in the intensive care unit of a university hospital. Transosseous traction is performed in anticipation of an operation that will take place the next morning.

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.

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

Photo essay at the maternity of Rouen hospital. The anesthesiologist is placing the epidural : preparation of the operation area.

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. A nurse checks the syringe pumps.

Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France. A nurse and nursing auxiliary looks after a patient.

Support by the SDIS 80 firefighters and the SMUR teams from Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist and paramedic of a person with burns to the face and hands following an electrocution. 1st degree in the face and 3rd degree in the hands. Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and firefighters and transfer of the patient to the hospital.

Nurse at the infection ward holding the hand of a patient, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Europe

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.Care performed on an intubated patient on an artificial ventilator.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Department of urology. Nursing care.

Pediatric nurse and premature baby Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France

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

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

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of urology.

Reportage in the multidisciplinary care service in Saint-Vincent de Paul hospital in Lille, France. A nurse supervises a student nurse with a patient who has a drip and syringe pump.

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.

Nurse at the infectious disease ward in the hospital that holds infusions, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Europe

38 years old female patient undergoing an electrocardiography (EKG) examination. Electrodes attached to her chest measure the electrical activity of her heart. The results are recorded by the EKG machine as an electrocardiogram.

The cardiology intensive care department of Saint-Philibert hospital (GHICL) in Lille, France. A nurse dispensing care and checking the medical monitor of a patient.

Reportage in the St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Short-stay unit. A nurse changes bandages on a patient whose gall-bladder was operated on (cholecystectomy by laparoscopy).

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. Care performed on an intubated patient on an artificial ventilator.

Reportage in Bligny hospital palliative care unit, Briis sous Forges, France. A nurse and auxiliary nurse chat to a patient.

Reportage in the hepatology service of Archet Hospital, Nice, France. The continuous technical care sector that deals with the most serious cases. The team of doctors visits a patient suffering from liver cancer who was hospitalized after a digestive hemorrhage.

Open MRI, child as a patient receives general anesthesia, Altona Children's Hospital, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

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. Care performed on an intubated patient on an artificial respirator.Preparation of the dialysis machine.

Reportage in the St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Short-stay unit. A nurse changes bandages on a patient whose gall-bladder was operated on (cholecystectomy by laparoscopy).

Operating nurse soothing patient on table in operating room

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

Nurse giving practical lesson to a student nurse. Help to sit up straight and put the patient in bed correctly.

Woman at hospital.

Reportage in a functional neurological exploration unit. Epilepsy screening and follow-up consultation. The patients take a video EEG (electroencephalogram), during which they are subjected to various stimuli, both auditive and visual. The patterns are then analysed by the neurologist. A nurse sets up electrodes.

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.

Reportage at Manhès Hospital in Fleury Mérogis, France. Hemodialysis.

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

Blood sampling. Emergency department of Bordeaux hospital, France.

Reportage in the orthopedic service of Robert Bellanger Hospital in France. A nurse.

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

Medical staff stood around patient having scan

Preparing the scanner for a patient

Reportage in the pediatric emergency unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A nurse examines a young patient.

Patient lying in a hospital bed, nurses making the bed, single room, hospital

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

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.

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

A female doctor talking to a patient in a hospital bed

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

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

A team of healthcare professionals working together in a hospital nursery or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Saint George Clinic, Nice, France. Fitting a dual mobility hip prosthesis in a patient suffering from osteonecrosis. Four hours after the operation the patient, with the help of a nurse, stands up and takes his first steps with and without walking sticks.

Nurses changing the dressing of a patient in a hospital bed

Staff Sgt. Stacey Miller, a medic with the 155th Medical Group, cares for a patient that was admitted to the emergency room on Aug. 3, 2022, at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Members of the 155th Medical group, Nebraska, and the 139th Medical Group, Missouri, Air National Guard traveled to Japan for their annual training.

Nurse checks kidney patient who is on his regular

Support by the SDIS 80 firefighters and the SMUR teams from Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist and paramedic of a person with burns to the face and hands following an electrocution. 1st degree in the face and 3rd degree in the hands. Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and firefighters and transfer of the patient to the hospital.

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

she is doing a physical examination

Reportage in the pediatric unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A nurse places an anesthetic patch on a young patient before a blood test.

38 years old female patient undergoing an electrocardiography (EKG) examination. Electrodes attached to her chest measure the electrical activity of her heart. The results are recorded by the EKG machine as an electrocardiogram.

Reportage at the maternity clinic. In the labour room, Anne-Laure has chosen to give birth without an epidural. Her husband, a midwife and a pediatric nurse are with her.

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

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

Nurses in a neonatology department.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital in France. Department of pediatric surgery. Cranioplasty.

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

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

Multi ethnic medical team helping with child delivery

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

Child in hospital bed with mother in the ICU, Altona Children's Hospital, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Patient in the shock ward in the intensive care unit of a university hospital. Transosseous traction is performed in anticipation of an operation that will take place the next morning

Reportage on a kidney transplant in the urology service of Nice Hospital, France. The kidney is taken from a living related donor, the recipients wife. The donor's anesthetic.

Reportage in the Endocrinology service of Lariboisière hospital in Paris, France. Blood sugar level test.

Female patient with blood pressure cuff during examination with nurse

Woman undergoing foetal monitoring after an obstetrician just performed a version. A version is an obstetric procedure wherein the position of the fetus in the womb is changed by internal or external manipulation to facilitate delivery. Obstetrics and gynaecology department of Limoges hospital, France.

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