Phase A – Acute treatment

Phase A comprises the initial treatment in an acute hospital, often in a normal or intensive care unit, where acute care, diagnostics and therapy take place. A special feature from the point of view of rehabilitation is that early rehabilitation can already begin here. If there is no longer any danger to life, the patient is transferred from the acute clinic to a clinic for early neurological rehabilitation (B). Patients whose limitations are less pronounced can also be transferred directly from the acute clinic to continuing rehabilitation (C). If the patient is very independent, i.e. he should be able to move freely at least on the ward level, a follow-up treatment (AHB) immediately after the hospital treatment can also be considered. It is a type of treatment within the framework of medical rehabilitation and aims at the subsequent professional reintegration.