Support in extreme situations: Psychologist accompanies nursing staff and families in difficult moments
Darmstadt - an accident, an exploration of an operation or a sudden life -threatening diagnosis: situations like this lead patients to the intensive care unit - and often also their relatives to the limits of the resilient. In the Darmstadt Clinic, a psychological service offers targeted support for patients, relatives and medical staff at particularly challenging moments.
Psychological support relieves relatives and staff
"I am there in these moments and accompany," says Laura Quattek , psychologist in the intensive care unit of the Darmstadt Clinic. She has been supporting people in exceptional situations for a year - be it with the processing of poor forecasts or in dealing with the sudden loss of a loved one. Often it is the relatives who accompanies the tasty in conversations. "Everything is done medically for the patients - but the families often remain alone with their fears," said the psychologist.
Your work not only has a supporting function for the relatives, but also a relieving effect on the nursing team and the doctors. Emotional reactions to the ward - for example tears from relatives - keep raising questions from the employees: "We speak openly about these situations. Many consider whether crying seems unprofessional - but especially in humanity," explains strength, "explains Quattek.
Intensive diary helps with processing
A central instrument of your work is the intensive diary . It is managed together with the medical team and the relatives. The aim is to help patients after waking up to reconstruct the time of consciousness. "Often memories of days or even weeks are missing. The diary supports to classify and process what has been experienced," explains Quattenk.
Darmstadt Clinic relies on systemic support
As a house of maximum supply with trauma center and oncological focus, the Darmstadt Clinic is confronted with fates every day that go deep under the skin. That is why psychosocial support is not only very important in the intensive care unit.
collegial crisis companions have already been trained in several areas . They are low -threshold as confidants, recognize stressful situations at an early stage and offer colleagues an open ear. If necessary, psychologists such as Laura Quattek long -term care - even beyond the station.
Expansion planned to further stations
The management of the psychological service lies with Lotte Schwärzel , responsible for organizational and executive development in the clinic. She announces: "In autumn we are expanding the psychological service to the internal and the neurological intensive care unit. The emergency room is also supported by our team if necessary."
The Darmstadt Clinic sees the establishment of these offers as an important part of modern emergency and acute medicine- humanly, forward-looking and holistic.
(Darmstadt - Red/Klinikum/Ane)
Contribution picture: Psychologist Laura Quattek in conversation with Dr. Ulrike Wiedekind, senior senior doctor in the intensive care unit. Photo: Darmstadt Clinic
