Illness	Number of cases
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	323
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	272
Heart failure (I50.01)	259
Pain in throat and chest (R07.4)	203
Syncope and collapse (R55)	165
Dizziness and giddiness (R42)	139
Other forms of angina pectoris (I20.8)	135
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	114
Unstable angina (I20.0)	79
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	78

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	648
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	466
(9-984.7)	404
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.c6)	382
(9-984.8)	345
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	262
Measurement of the brain waves - EEG (1-207.0)	256
Complex differential diagnostic sonography of the vascular system with quantitative evaluation (3-035)	249
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	232
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.c5)	159

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0300

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

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.	Explanation
CQ01	CQ01 - Richtlinie über Maßnahmen zur Qualitätssicherung für die stationäre Versorgung bei der Indikation Bauchaortenaneurysma
CQ07	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org
CQ31

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

Number	Group
91	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*
63	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
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Im Bereich des Brust- und Darmkrebszentrums nehmen wir an diversen Studien teil.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences. Es besteht eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule Kaiserslautern.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur und Praktika in allen Fachabteilungen. Aktives Stipendienprogramm.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb der privaten Physiotherapieschule Pirmasens (Praktikum).
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb (720 Einsatzstunden).
HB19	Nursing professionals	120 Ausbildungsplätze
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)