Sick-Bay
In 2018 photojournalist Tyler Larkin was commissioned to document the work of medical professionals at the central hospital in Kassel (State of Hesse), Germany.
As unobstrusive as he could be, he hung around ICUs and the ER at length. He ventured outside, riding along paramedics, emergency doctors and ECMO-Teams, mostly with lights and sirens. His words and pictures resulted in a quaterly magazine. In actual print, that is.
None of what you see here made the local news. It’s just everyday, extraordinary stuff.
Real people, real tradecraft.
Since 2021, Tyler Larkin has been following doctors and nurses in Ansbach (Bavaria), Germany.
Chief neurosurgeon Dr. (Univ.Aleppo) Firas Kalaji, Ansbach Hospital.
Chief neurosurgeon Dr. (Univ.Aleppo) Firas Kalaji, Ansbach Hospital.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tim Vehring, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tim Vehring, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tim Vehring, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Nursing instructor Mirjam Bausch (RN), Rothenburg Hospital.
Mirjam Bausch (RN) with nursing student Jeremia Lang, Rothenburg Hospital.
Mirjam Bausch (RN) with nursing student Jeremia Lang, Rothenburg Hospital.
Resident physician Elizabeth Hirschmann, Rothenburg Hospital.
Trauma Room One, Emergency Department, Kassel Hospital.
Nighttime arrival at Kassel Hospital.
The Kassel Hospital ECMO-Team at the ICU, Schwalmstadt Hospital.
Student nurse Ivonne Mendez, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Student nurse Ivonne Mendez, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Azra, premature infant, Kassel Hospital.
Azra, three months old, at home south of Kassel.
Former RN, now junior doctor Jens Steinbrenner, Internal Medicine, Rothenburg Hospital.
Junior doctor Jens Steinbrenner, Emergency Department, Rothenburg Hospital.
Junior doctor Jens Steinbrenner, Emergency Department, Rothenburg Hospital.
Trauma Room Two, Emergency Department, Kassel Hospital.
Cardiac catheterization lab, Kassel Hospital.
Marry with RN Sabine, pediatric ward, Kassel Hospital.
Marry with speech therapist Tessa, pediatric ward, Kassel Hospital.
RN Ruth Schmidt, Rothenburg Hospital.
RN Ruth Schmidt, Rothenburg Hospital.
Breast cancer patient Jenny with gynecologist Andres Tapia, Ansbach Hospital.
Breast cancer patient Jenny, last day at Ansbach Hospital.
Cancer patient Elena Buzic, Kassel Hospital.
Cancer patient Elena Buzic, Kassel Hospital.
Max, terminally ill, at home with palliative care specialist Dr. Viola Bezold. He sadly passed away 02/26/2023
Chief trauma surgeon Dr. Markus Sporkmann, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Chief trauma surgeon Dr. Markus Sporkmann with his team, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Dennis (14), who lost his right arm in a school bus accident at age ten.
Chief plastic surgeon Prof. Goetz Giessler, who replanted the arm in a ten-hour surgery at Kassel Hospital.
Prof. Ralf Muellenbach, chief anesthetist and ECMO team leader, Kassel Hospital.
The Kassel Hospital ECMO-Team leaving Schwalmstadt Hospital.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski, critical care anesthetist, Kassel Hospital.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski treating a critical patient inside the ambulance around 5 a.m.
Ride along with critical care anesthetist Dr. Ramona Ossowski, Kassel Hospital.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski with paramedics at a residence in downtown Kassel.
Unresponsive on the bathroom floor, suburban Kassel.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski, preparing a patient transfer, ICU, Kassel Hospital.
Torsten Müller, critical care anesthetist, with paramedics in downtown Kassel.
Torsten Müller, critical care anesthetist, inside an ambulance en route to the ER.
Torsten Müller in the early morning hours.
Paramedics with an unresponsive patient in a sticky apartment.
Trauma Room One, Emergency Departement, Kassel Hospital.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski with paramedics at an early morning vehicle accident in Kassel.
Dr. Ramona Ossowski at the Kassel Hospital ER, nearing the end of her 24 hour shift.
Prof. Ralf Muellenbach, chief anesthetist and ECMO team leader, Kassel Hospital helipad.
Dr. Gerhard Sontheimer, chief executive, ANregiomed clinic group, Ansbach Hospital.
Resident gynecologist Olha Onyshchenko, Ukrainian national from Kiev, at Ansbach Hospital.
Resident gynecologist Olha Onyshchenko, Ukrainian national from Kiev, at Ansbach Hospital.
Resident gynecologist Olha Onyshchenko, Ukrainian national from Kiev, at her apartment. Ansbach (BY).
Resident physician Elizabeth Hirschmann, Rothenburg Hospital.
Resident physician Elizabeth Hirschmann, Rothenburg Hospital.
Chief engineer Michael Rattelmüller, Ansbach Hospital.
Bianca Bößendörfer (Dinkelsbühl Hospital), Dolores Preiß (Ansbach Hospital).
Heinz Schuster, forklift operator, Ansbach Hospital.
Nadine Vogel (Ansbach Hospital), Sonja Kammerer (Rothenburg Hospital).
Alexander Kühn, IT administrator, Dinkelsbühl Hospital.
Pediatric palliative care specialist Dr. Thomas Sitte with Nadia, who is terminally ill. Kassel, State of Hesse
Pediatric palliative care specialist Dr. Thomas Voelker with Nadia, who is terminally ill. Kassel, State of Hesse.