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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care.

So, today, I’ve got a quick tip for a lady who writes in, “My husband had a stroke and has a tracheostomy, and he’s on a ventilator, but he can’t be weaned off the ventilator. It looks like he’s psychologically dependent on it and he’s had many failed attempts to wean off the ventilator. Sometimes, he can push through a few hours during the day, but then goes back on the ventilator only after a couple of hours, and he hasn’t managed to stay on it for much longer. We really want him home because he’s getting depressed in ICU, and we want him to feel comfortable, but this is all so new for us. How can we take him home with improving his quality of life? Because it’s just so noisy and busy in ICU all the time, and he doesn’t really rest at all because of the things that are being done to him all the time. Thank you for your help.” What a great question here from Louise, who has written that email.

So, if you go to one of our sister side’s intensivecareathome.com, you will actually be able to read and see what your husband or where your husband can go to. So, at intensivecarehotline.com, we are actually providing exactly the services that you’re looking for. So, if your husband wants to come home after many months in ICU with a stroke and he can’t come off the ventilator with a tracheostomy, there’s probably no point on him staying in ICU. He won’t be able to go to a hospital ward or hospital floor, he should just come home. And that’s what we do at intensivecareathome.com. We hire intensive care nurses for home care that enables long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies to leave ICU and go home. So, we have a proven track record there at Intensive Care at Home, and we’ve been looking after many long-term ventilated adults and children at home for nearly a decade now.

We are predominantly operating in Australia in all major capital cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, and if you have a loved one in intensive care in any major metropolitan city, you should contact us. But even if you are in the U.S. or in the U.K., you should contact us as well. We should be able to help you one way or another with potentially setting you up with other providers in those countries. We have contacts.

So, that is really my quick tip for today.

Intensive Care at Home is a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care, It cuts the cost of an ICU bed by around 50%. It provides quality of life and in some instances, quality of end of life at home for long-term intensive care patients and their families and it frees up an ICU bed and those ICU beds are in demand, in high demand. So therefore, it’s a win-win situation.

How do we maintain quality with Intensive Care at Home? We maintain quality by having third party accreditation for Intensive Care at Home. As far as I’m aware, there’s no other service in the world that has accreditation for Intensive Care at Home. And again, if you or your family member is in a similar situation, please contact us at intensivecareathome.com. Call us on one of the numbers on the top of our website, or simply send us an email to [email protected].

Now, if you have a loved one in intensive care, generally speaking, and you have questions, you can contact us here as well at intensivecarehotline.com. You can call us on one of the numbers on the top of our website or simply send us an email to [email protected].

Also, have a look at our membership for families in intensive care at intensivecaresupport.org. There, you have access to me, and my team and we answer all questions intensive care related, 24 hours a day.

If you want a medical record review for your loved one in intensive care or after intensive care, especially if you suspect medical negligence. But also, if you want real time information when your loved one is in intensive care, you should contact us as well. And don’t let anybody tell you can’t get access to the medical records. Getting access to the medical records is a right, not a privilege. You should contact us if you are having trouble getting access to medical records.

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Thanks for watching.

This is Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com and Intensive Care at Home, and I will talk to you in a few days.

Take care for now.