Anaesthesiology And Intensive Care
Anaesthesia for operations and diagnostic examinations the recovery section receives patients from all surgery wards at Odense University Hospital
Jørgen Fisker
Head of department chief medical officer
Anaesthesiology and intensive care
+45 65 41 15 56 joergen.fisker@rsyd.dk
Susanne Sebens Hald
Head of department Head Nurse
Anaesthesiology And Intensive Care
+45 65 41 25 88 Susanne.Sebens.Hald@rsyd.dk
Palle Toft
Head of research Professor, DMSc, Consultant
Anaesthesiology And Intensive Care
+45 65 41 39 47 palle.toft@rsyd.dk
Core tasks
Anaesthesia for operations and diagnostic examinations the recovery section receives patients from all surgery wards at Odense University Hospital. The intensive care section receives critically ill patients from all specialist areas. The emergency paramedic ambulance provides pre-hospital help for acute situations, in which the patient has been assessed to need immediate help. The centre for pain management treats patients with non-malignant chronic pain conditions.
Education
The Department trains a large number of registered anaesthetic nurses, recovery-room nurses, registered intensive care nurses, and medical specialists in anaesthesiology. Teaching for student nurses, paramedics and medical students are also offered by the Department.
RESEARCH AREAS
- Clinical anaesthesia and recovery
- Perianaesthesia care
- Intensive care medicine
- Pain treatment
- Topics within anaesthesia, including paediatric anaesthesia
- Chronic respiratory insufficiency
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Pain therapy
Further information is avaliable at the website of the University of Southern Denmark:
Research Unit Anaestesiology and Intensive Care
Key figures
| Anaesthesia services 2014 | 34,962 |
| Intensive care 2014 | 5,281 |
| Recovery 2014 | 21,365 |
| Emergency Paramedic Ambulance Activity 2014 | 4,700 |
| SMEC - Pain Management Centre 2014 | 10,078 |
| Other consultations 2014 | 11,314 |