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Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH - Standort I Kaiserslautern

Palliativmedizin

Information and services of the department

Number of cases

Number of inpatient cases: 222

Staffing

Doctors m/f (including affiliated doctors): 0,50

Nursing staff: 6,08

Specialist expertise and further training

Medical expertiseSpecialist training and additional training
Nursing expertiseFurther education / academic degrees and additional qualifications

Medical service offering with case numbers

Top 10 illnesses

Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.8)	29
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.9)	11
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	8
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.8)	8
Malignant neoplasm of bladder - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bladder (C67.8)	6
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	6
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon (C18.7)	5
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas (C25.0)	5
Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)	5
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of pancreas (C25.8)	4

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary end-of-life care (8-982.0)	27
Interdisciplinary end-of-life care (8-982.1)	21
(9-984.b)	12
(9-984.7)	11
(9-984.8)	11
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	9
(9-984.9)	7
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.1)	6
(8-98g.11)	6
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into the abdominal cavity with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-153)	5

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 3752

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25
CQ31

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

Number	Group
291	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*
176	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
63	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an. Seit 01.10.2023 eigene OTA-Schule.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Berufsbezeichnung seit 2019 Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/-in.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA-Schule.