General intensive care unit

La Rochelle Ré Aunis Hospital Group

Our commitments to supporting you:

You or someone close to you has just been admitted to intensive care.

LifeMapp was designed to guide you through every stage of an intensive care stay and provide all the information you need. Conceived as a compass, the app helps you find your bearings and move towards returning to everyday life. Developed by the One O One Endowment Fund, LifeMapp is available free of charge to units that request it.

Welcome

A member of your family or someone close to you has been admitted to our Intensive Care or General High-Dependency Unit. This is a difficult time, often accompanied by anxiety, forgetfulness and a disrupted sense of time.

This website was created to support you throughout the hospital stay. It provides practical points of reference to help you understand the intensive care environment and how our unit works, together with answers to the questions families ask most often.

Our unit has also used an ICU diary for several years. The diary can help answer questions during or after the stay. By recording the main events that take place inside or outside the unit each day, it enables patients to reconstruct their story and make it their own again.

Find out more about the principles of an ICU diary

Our unit takes part in research groups working to improve care for intensive care patients.

A message from the psychologist

Visits

Visiting hours

Monday

24/7

Tuesday

24/7

Wednesday

24/7

Thursday

24/7

Friday

24/7

Saturday

24/7

Sunday

24/7

Number of visitors allowed in the room at the same time : 2
Learn more

Children are welcome to visit, but visits need to be carefully planned. Please speak to the unit team to arrange one.

Visiting is permitted around the clock, although overnight visits are discouraged because it is important for both patients and their families to rest. No more than two people may be in the room at the same time. Find out more

How the unit works

The times shown are for guidance only. They may vary depending on activity in the unit and emergencies, or be adjusted to better accommodate your needs.

Best times to visit:

Best times to call:

Best times to speak with the medical team:

Pets

Pets are not allowed in the unit.

Contact details

Administrative office

Secretariat_Reanimation@ght-atlantique17.fr
From 08:30 to 16:30

Getting back in touch after a previous admission

Access

Address:
19 rue du Dr Albert Schweitzer
17000 La Rochelle

Practical information:
The intensive care unit is on the first floor, corridor E.

 

Resources from the unit

Support guide for patients and their families

Charter for Hospitalised Patients

LifeMapp is a tool developed and made available free of charge by 101 (One O One). You can support our work to help patients’ families.