With a lot of commitment and expertise, the Caritas team from the Mobile Nursing Services Vöcklabruck-Attersee makes the almost impossible possible: They saved the leg of Stefan Hintermair (69) from Seewalchen from amputation. For Alexandra Neudorfer from St. Georgen, the wound expert in the Caritas team, this success is one of many fulfilling moments that the nursing profession brings with it every day.
Due to circulatory problems, Stefan Hintermair has had bypasses in his legs for years. When he developed problems with his middle toe last year, it quickly became clear that the tip of the toe had to be amputated. After that, however, there were problems with the wound healing. “I was in unimaginable pain,” Hintermair recalls of that bad time. Instead of improving, his condition worsened, the foot discolored as a result of a wound infection – and in an emergency operation the three middle toes were amputated. It was up for debate whether more should be amputated.
“But then Alexandra Neudorfer came along,” says Seewalchner. In consultation with his family doctors, Elisabeth Reiter and Elisabeth Hochhauser, the Caritas employee drew up a wound care plan. “I can drive a car again, I work part-time again in my previous job as a fitter and I can do something with my family again,” says Hintermair.
Caritas employee Neudorfer is happy about the success: “It’s so great that you can really make a difference in this job.” She graduated from nursing school at the age of 19 and has been in the profession ever since. In 2009 she switched from the hospital to mobile care. “I’m so glad to have this job.”
Source: Nachrichten
