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Welcome to the website of the University Medical Center Freiburg.
The abbreviation is Uni-Klinik Freiburg.
What is a university hospital?
A university hospital is a special hospital.
The hospital belongs to a university.
At university, students learn different professions.
Some students want to become a doctor.
These students learn everything about medicine and the body at university.
The students want to learn even more.
That's why they also work at the university clinic.
The students treat sick people at the university clinic.
That means:
- They ask how the sick people are doing.
- They examine the sick people.
- They recognize illnesses.
- They help sick people to get well.
How do I use the website?
How to use the website: www.uniklinik-freiburg.de
The start page is the first page.
You will find important information on the start page.
For example:
- Information about the Freiburg University Medical Center
- Interesting articles about diseases and the body
- Important telephone numbers and addresses
At the top right you can see the logo of the Freiburg University Medical Center.
This is what the logo looks like:
You will find the logo at the top right of every page.
You can click on the logo.
This will take you from each page back to the start page.
At the top left of the start page you will see fields.
You can click on these fields.
This is what the fields look like:
This field is the search.
You can click on the magnifying glass.
And you can write a word in the field.
Then click on the red arrow.
Then you will see: Where does the word occur?
This field is the location map.
The location map is a map of the university hospital.
There you can see: What is where?
There are several location maps.
Because the University Hospital is in several places.
There is a map for each location.
The Freiburg University Medical Center has many clinics.
There is an eye clinic.
And a dental clinic.
And many more.
Click here to see all the clinics.
Sometimes there is an emergency.
You need help.
Or another person needs help.
You ask: What should I do?
You ask: Who do I call?
Click on the field.
Then you will see important telephone numbers.
Below the logo you will see a blue stripe.
There are words on the stripe.
Sometimes you need the information very quickly.
Then you can click on these fields.
This is what the fields look like:
The field is called Uni-klinikum.
That's another word for: University Hospital.
The university hospital is large.
There is a lot of information about the university hospital here.
For example: How many people work here?
The field is called treatment.
The Freiburg University Medical Center has many clinics.
There is an eye clinic.
And a dental clinic.
And many more.
Click here to see all the clinics.
Sick people have an appointment at the University Medical Center.
This means that they go to the doctor at the university clinic.
Sometimes only for an hour.
Sometimes several days.
You can find information about the appointment here.
For example:
What's for dinner?
Where do I sleep?
What time can I have visitors?
A university hospital is a special hospital.
The hospital belongs to a university.
There are students there.
There are also other people.
They want to learn more about medicine and the body.
And they do experiments.
That's called research.
People are called researchers.
The field is for researchers.
There is information about research.
The field is called career.
It's spoken like this: KAR - JE - RE
This means: All occupations of a person.
There are many professions at the University Hospital.
Which professions are there?
- Doctor
- nurse
- Laboratory assistant
- Researcher
- Gardener
- Cook
- Letter carrier
- Driver
And many more.
You can read about the professions here.
And you can apply here.
That means:
You ask: Can I work at the university hospital?
The field is called the press.
The university hospital is big.
There's always something new.
You can read about it here.
When people write a text.
For the newspaper, for example.
Then they can click here.
There's lots of information there.
What do I do in an emergency?
Sometimes there is an emergency.
You need help.
Or another person needs help.
The emergency doctor is not there immediately.
You have to call him first.
This is an emergency:
- very severe pain
- severe bleeding
- Respiratory distress
This means:
The person cannot breathe. - Paralysis
This means:
The person can no longer move.
In an emergency, call the emergency doctor.
Call this number: 112
You are not feeling well.
Another person is not well.
It is not an emergency.
Call your family doctor.
The family doctor is your normal doctor.
You already know him.
The family doctor is not there.
You can do this:
You call the on-call medical service.
That's a long word.
It means: You can call a doctor.
Even at night.
The doctor can help you.
Call this number: 116 117
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