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Patient Care in Medical Settings

Healthcare professionals engaged in patient care activities, showcasing training, critical care, and emergency response situations.

Doctors caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital taking blood sample

Outpatient surgery, Léon Bérard Centre, Lyon, France, After the operation in the recovery room, patients are given their belongings. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

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.

Patient who had a heart attack. Emergency department, Limoges hospital, France.

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

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

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

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France.

Treatment performed by the nursing teams of the medical resuscitation service of an intubated patient. Patients with coronavirus hospitalized in intensive care are placed in a prone position as required by the procedure. Prone inversion is a technique for improving oxygenation in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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

professional doctors in the full protective suits and surgical masks are examining the infected patient in the hospital control area

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. Visiting a patient in the emergency department

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.

Support by the firemen of the department 80 and the teams of the SMUR of Abbeville, emergency doctor, State certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and paramedic of a person victim of a fall at his home. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency doctor at the hospital.Diagnosis and care carried out by SMUR teams and firefighters and transfer of the patient to the hospital. The treatments are carried out in a box dedicated to the non-COVID 19 patient. The dislocation of the shoulder will be reduced by the emergency physician at the hospital. Since deconfinement the emergency service of the hospital and the SMUR of Abbeville take care of more and more domestic accidents.

Hospital staff rushing patient to operating room

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

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. Intervention of a student in intensive care.

Lisa Questell, respiratory therapist, performs intrapulmonary percussive ventilation for a pediatric patient at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 12, 2022. Respiratory Care Services available to in-patients include a full range of routine therapeutics including bronchodilator therapy, oxygen therapy, and a variety of techniques utilized for bronchial hygiene therapy.

Reportage in the orthopedic service of Robert Bellanger Hospital in France. A doctor visits a patient with two junior doctors.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. A nurse puts a gown on a patient.

Electrophysiological cardiac catheterization, EPU, for cardiac arrhythmia, in a hospital in Germany, Europe

Doctor with bag valve mask caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital

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.

CPR, emergency and doctor with patient in hospital for medical service, first aid and surgery. Healthcare, teamwork and man do chest compressions for injury, serious accident and wellness in clinic

Management of a patient in the emergency department. The emergency doctor osculates the patient and the nurse performs the electrocardiogram.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Emergency services of the Abbeville hospital, COVID area, care and examinations carried out by nurses, doctors and nursing assistants. Blood sample for blood gas analysis.

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. patient intubated on life support and dialysis.

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

Surgeons rushing a patient to an operation theatre

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

Woman undergoing foetal monitoring. Obstetrics and gynaecology department of Limoges hospital, France.

Auxiliary nurses, Intensive care department, Lagny Marne-la-Vallée hospital, France,

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

Caregiver and female patient after wisdom tooth surgery. Day care surgery Unit. Bordeaux hospital. France.

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

Nurse Simulating Intensive Care Work on Mannequin

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 caesarean section (caesarean section) is used to deliver a woman whose baby can only be born with danger due to a breech presentation (as in this case) .Preparations for the operation, DEU, Germany, Europe

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

Wuhan (China), 04/16/2020. A health worker cares for a patient at Hospital 7. Photo: Pablo M. Díez.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-U.S. Army Capt.MollyPaskewitz, a critical care nurseassigned to 14th Field Hospital, prepares a meal supplementduring the COVIDresponse operationsatLifespan Community Health Institutein Providence,Rhode Island,Jan.26, 2022.U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Armyphoto by Sgt. Kaden D. Pitt)

patient in hospital, bhopal, madhya pradesh, India, Asia India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Resuscitation training on a dummy: cardiac massage and respiratory support. Various health professionals are trained in the evolution of practices, care and emergency procedures within the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. They must work on serious cases of daily life faithfully reproduced on a SimMan dummy. Here, respiratory arrest on a man in his forties. Attempt to resuscitate using defibrillator, AED, cardiac massage and respiratory support.

Emergency medicine students attends a circumstantial emergency simulation course led by two emergency physicians. Simulation of a hanging case. A 45-year-old man is found hanged in his home. Images are projected all around the room as well as sound. Students should not let themselves be distracted by these atmospheres and remain focused on their patient.

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 and under dialysis.

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

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

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

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

Female dentist and assistant with patient

Medical training. Patient simulator (pregnant woman). Emergency. Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul hospital, Paris.

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

A male nurse supplies a patient in a waking up area in a Munich Hospital after an operation at his knee.

Report from the maternity ward of the Antoine-Béclère hospital (92). Future parents, after IVF (in vitro fertilization), before childbirth. The midwife checks the dilation of the cervix.

For two days, general practitioners are trained in pediatric emergency procedures. Preparing the dummy for the emergency simulation.

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

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

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.

$Reportage in the Pain Evaluation and Treatment service in Cimiez Hospital, Nice, France. The patient suffers from multiple sclerosis causing refractory neuropathic pain, requiring intrathecal pain killer treatment. He has an abdominal intrathecal pump. The pump is refilled with a 40ml dose of Ziconotide (Prialt) every fortnight. The doctor puts her surgical gloves on.$

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Clinical research at GHICL, Lille, France. Cardiology department. Cardiac stress test performed under scan and ECG (electrocardiogram) control.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Department of urology. Postoperative nursing care of trans man patient after a sex reassignment surgery, phalloplasty.

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.

For two days, general practitioners are trained in pediatric emergency procedures. Preparing the dummy for the emergency simulation.

Reportage on a home health care service in Savoie, France. A nurse changes a patient with cancers chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition drips.

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

Tuberculosis and HIV in Moldova, ward of the Chiril Draganiuc hospital, Chișinau, Moldova, Europe

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology. Patient and nurse's aide.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Department of urology. Postoperative nursing care of trans man patient after a sex reassignment surgery, phalloplasty. Bandage of the forearm which provided the skin for the phalloplasty.

110720-N-QD416-041ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 20, 2011) Lt. Cmdr Marsha Hanly makes a patient comfortable in the intensive care unit aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2011.

Support by the firefighters of the SDIS 80 and the teams of the SMUR of Abbeville, emergency doctor, State-certified nurse anesthetist (IADE) and paramedic of a person suffering from a cardiac problem at his home.

Man after a stroke doing physiotherapy exercises with a physiotherapist. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Family visiting elderly senior woman patient while wearing protective face mask

Reportage in the orthopedic service of Robert Bellanger Hospital in France. Stretcher bearers.

Patient in bed on hospital corridor

Child in hospital bed is attended by intensive care nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital Altona, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Report at the maternity hospital of the Abbeville - Somme hospital (80). Childbirth by vaginal route. Parents share the happiness of the first minutes after birth in the delivery room. In the presence of midwives and the gynecologist / obstetrician.

Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. All of the beds in the ward since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients requiring respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns, doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure the permanence of care. To avoid contamination, all personnel must comply with the rules for wearing masks, coats, aprons, glasses, gloves.

Hospital staff helping patient in emergency

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Department of urology. Postoperative nursing care of trans man patient after a sex reassignment surgery, phalloplasty.

Doctor holding clipboard with clinical data consults recovering patient while resident monitors vitals

Reportage in the pediatric unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A junior doctor examines a baby.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Clinical research at GHICL, Lille, France. Cardiology department. Cardiac stress test performed under scan and ECG (electrocardiogram) control.

The French Vietnamese Association of Pneumology aims to develop exchanges between the French and Vietnamese medical structures, here at the Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital in Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam. French surgeons and anesthetists share experience and knowledge with their Vietnamese colleagues. Here, anesthetists performing general anesthesia for thoracic surgery.

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

Nurse attending to a patient with an air mask in a hospital setting

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 and under dialysis.

Private nurse who performs a blood test and an insulin injection on an 87-year-old patient during the toilet. Patient fitted with a remote alarm bracelet on her wrist.

U.S. Navy surgeons with Fleet Surgical Team 5 perform surgery on a simulated casualty during Operation Firebreak at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 15, 2022. Operation Firebreak is an exercise held by the Navy Expeditionary Medical Training Institute to provide realistic field medical training for Marines and sailors. As part of the exercise, Marines and sailors moved simulated casualties through all three levels of casualty care, from the field to a fleet surgical team.

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

Mother And Daughter With Medical Staff In Hospital Room

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

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

Cardiology Hospital. Vietnamese child suffering from heart diseases. Intensive care unit. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Medics making emergency procedure

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.

Photo essay at Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France. Department of nutrition and sports medicine. Stress test.

Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. All of the beds in the ward since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients requiring respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns, doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure the permanence of care. To avoid contamination, all personnel must comply with the rules for wearing masks, coats, aprons, glasses, gloves.

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