What intensive care patients really need – Communication via eye-tracking systems

Patients at the intensive care unit are not always able to communicate with their environment, even if they are conscious. The BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil in Bochum, Germany, now aims to enable them to communicate using an eye-tracking system. Learn in our video interview how this system works, how it was established and what obstacles still need to be overcome: Dr. Christopher Ull, specialist in trauma surgery, Prof. Christian Waydhas, senior physician surgical intensive care medicine, and Prof. Thomas Schildhauer, Director of the Surgical University Clinic and Polyclinic, answer our questions.

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