Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	146
Volume depletion (E86)	113
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	104
Syncope and collapse (R55)	80
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	74
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10.0)	57
Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure (I11.01)	54
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	53
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	52
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	351
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	340
(9-984.7)	305
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	271
Interdisciplinary measures for early postoperative treatment and early rehabilitation of ill elderly people (8-550.1)	250
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	250
(9-984.8)	245
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	123
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	115
(9-984.9)	108

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 0100

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
18	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
16	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
16	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	ist in den Fachabteilungen Innere Medizin, Chirurgie und Anästhesie möglich

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	eigene Ausbildung mit LWL-Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Lippstadt, externer Kooperationspartner mit Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheit Brilon und Walburga Krankenhaus Meschede
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	in Kooperation mit Krankenpflegeschule Brilon
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	eigene Ausbildung mit LWL-Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Lippstadt, externer Kooperationspartner mit Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheit Brilon und Walburga Krankenhaus Meschede
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Kooperationspartnerschaft mit Kreis Soest und anderen Institutionen vorhanden
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Gesundheit Lippe, Detmold