Klinikum Bremerhaven-Reinkenheide gemeinnützige GmbH

The Klinikum Bremerhaven Reinkenheide gGmbH (KBR) is the municipal hospital in Bremerhaven and, as a modern acute care hospital with comprehensive care, ensures the health care of the city and region around the clock. With 833 beds, 16 clinics, two institutes and a Medical Care Center (MVZ), the KBR offers a wide range of medical services. Around 26,000 patients are treated as inpatients, 20,000 as outpatients and 43,000 as emergency cases every year. This makes the KBR the largest hospital in the Unterweser region.

Service Spectrum and Focuses:

The KBR covers a wide range of medical specialties, including:

• Acute and Emergency Medicine: Central emergency room for emergency care.
• Geriatrics: Acute geriatrics and geriatric early rehabilitation.
• Surgery: General, visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery.
• Anesthesiology: Anesthesiological care, intensive care medicine and pain therapy.
• Dermatology: Diagnostics and treatment of skin tumors and chronic inflammatory skin diseases.
• Gastroenterology: Treatment of diseases of the digestive tract, the lungs, oncological diseases and diabetes.
• Gynecology and Obstetrics: Comprehensive care for women.
• ENT: Ear, nose and throat medicine.
• Cardiology: Cardiology, nephrology and dialysis with cardiac catheter laboratory.
• Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine: Medical care for children and adolescents.
• Neurosurgery: Neurosurgical interventions.
• Neurology: Treatment of neurological diseases.
• Psychiatry: Psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics.
• Radio-Oncology: Radiation therapy for cancer treatment.
• Trauma Surgery: Trauma and hand surgery, orthopedics.

Special Facilities and Centers:

The KBR has specialized centers that guarantee comprehensive and interdisciplinary care:

• Breast Center: Diagnostics and treatment of breast diseases.
• Bowel Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary treatment of bowel cancer.
• Skin Cancer Center: Specialized care for skin cancer patients.
• Head Center: Treatment of diseases in the head area.
• Multiple Sclerosis Center: Specialized care for MS patients.
• Pancreatic Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary treatment of pancreatic cancer.
• Wound Center: Specialized care for patients with chronic wounds.
• Cardiac Catheter Laboratory: Modern equipment for the treatment of heart diseases.
• Chest-Pain-Unit: Central contact point for patients with chest pain.
• Center for Outpatient Rehabilitation Reinkenheide (ZARR): Outpatient rehabilitation and physiotherapy.

Commitment to Quality and Innovation:

The KBR attaches great importance to high treatment quality and continuous improvement. The hospital is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and operates a comprehensive quality management system. Innovations, such as the Nurse-led Unit, the presentation at the World Congress of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) show the commitment to advanced care concepts.

Sustainability and Environmental Protection:

The KBR is actively committed to environmental protection and sustainable use of resources. Through energy-saving contracting, annual energy and water consumption has been reduced by more than 43 percent since 2005 and the environment is relieved of around 3,700 tons of CO2 emissions every year. For this commitment, the KBR was awarded the "Energy-Saving Hospital" seal of the BUND and received the "Climate Oscar 2005" from the Bremen Senator for the Environment.

Education and Career:

The KBR offers a variety of training and further education opportunities in various areas, especially in nursing. The Pflegeakademie Seestadt Bremerhaven at Klinikum Bremerhaven-Reinkenheide is the oldest nursing school in Bremerhaven and offers a pleasant teaching and learning atmosphere. The KBR is an academic teaching hospital of the University of Göttingen and cooperates with the Hochschule Bremerhaven in the "Physician Assistant" course.

Commitment to Patients and Employees:

The KBR attaches great importance to patient-oriented care and a good working atmosphere for its employees. There are numerous service offers for patients and visitors, such as the Bistro 54° Nord, the Bäckerei Engelbrecht, a kiosk and a room of silence. Volunteer patient advocates are available to patients and relatives. The KBR also welcomes international nurses and supports them in their start in Bremerhaven.

The Klinikum Bremerhaven Reinkenheide gGmbH strives to provide its patients with comprehensive and high-quality medical care and at the same time contribute to environmental protection and the promotion of health in the region.

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