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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM,  where we instantly improve the lives for Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care, so that you can make informed decisions, have peace of mind, real power, real control and so that you can influence decision making fast, even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!

In the last BLOG I talked about

My Mom died in ICU after a heart attack, I think she could have survived, but my sister and the hospital didn’t want her to live!

You can check out last week’s BLOG by clicking on the link here.

 In this week’s blog I want to share more feedback from a subscriber and the blog this week is

Yours is the only information I have found online that is proving truly helpful so I can feel I am doing all I can to help my Mom, in ICU!

 Thank you Patrik!

Yours is the only information I have found online that is proving truly helpful so I can feel I am doing all I can to help my Mom, in ICU, on ventilator and kidney dialysis, 2 weeks today in induced coma, from pneumonia resulting from flu…otherwise 60 yrs old and healthy prior.  Just wanted to say thank you for the valuable free information you have provided that has lessened the feeling of helplessness. I have read many of your posted articles. Thank you for your time and kindness!!! Your professional experience made available like this is a God send!! Much love!! Do you have a donation site?

Lori

Dear Lori,

Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it!

I actually don’t have a donation site.

Besides my free content I also consult clients 1:1 for a fee and that is generally speaking going very well. We have numerous enquiries from people all over the world every single day!

I have no shortage of paying clients!

If you want to donate money, please donate towards a cause that’s close to your heart.

If you need more help, I would love to consult you as well. We always start with a free 15 minute call that you can book here and I will give you a call.

http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/

That’s what I always keep saying to my subscribers who enquire about my service and they say that they can’t afford it that I take no offence whatsoever!

All the information you need to manage this ‘ONCE IN A LIFETIME’ situation that you can’t afford to be getting wrong when you have a loved one critically ill in Intensive Care is on my website and on my blog for free!

If you look at our “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” section, you will find hundreds of case studies where I help families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care! In fact, we are rapidly approaching 1,000 case studies!

The shortcut of course is to hire me and my services for my 1:1 counselling, consulting and advocacy service to get your answers to your questions very quickly! That’s also when I can do my best work when I work with you 1:1 because you will get my undivided attention.

It’s also how I can help you best if you need an advocate for your loved one in Intensive Care! And all families do need a counsellor, consultant and advocate for their loved one in Intensive Care!

Recommended:

• 1:1 email counselling and consulting with Patrik

• 1:1 phone and email counselling and consulting with Patrik

Families in Intensive Care don’t know what they don’t know and I will shine the spotlight on everything that you need to know so that you can make informed decisions, get peace of mind, control, power and influence!

As far as your Mom’s situation is concerned, I’m very pleased to hear that I was able to encourage and empower you! That has always been my goal to give families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care a voice!

Two weeks in Intensive Care is not a very long time and I know watching your mother in an induced coma after Pneumonia must be very frustrating!

It looks like she has gone into acute kidney failure if she’s on the dialysis machine!

• Why your critically ill loved one might need Dialysis(Kidney machine) or Haemofiltration for Kidney Failure(Renal Failure) and is having a Dialysis machine attached to them! (PART 1)

Normally, ventilating a Patient for a Pneumonia gives the lungs time to rest and heal and it also provides extra pressure to open up any collapsed parts of the lungs, which is often what’s happening during a Pneumonia.

They would have given your mother some antibiotics if she has a bacterial infection. If she’s still on a ventilator after about two weeks and she’s not getting better, she might have been resistant to the antibiotics or she might have a viral infection. Just keep asking why she’s still ventilated.

Related article/video:

• HOW LONG IS MY LOVED ONE GOING TO STAY IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH PNEUMONIA?

Next, if your mother can’t come off the ventilator and the breathing tube, she may need a tracheostomy. Hopefully they can extubate her soon after she has woken up from the induced coma.

Here is some advice in how to get her off the ventilator

• HOW TO WEAN A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT IN INTENSIVE CARE OFF THE VENTILATOR AND THE BREATHING TUBE!

If for whatever reason they can’t get your mother off the ventilator and the breathing tube, have a look at the following articles and videos

• HOW LONG SHOULD A PATIENT BE ON A VENTILATOR BEFORE HAVING A TRACHEOSTOMY?

• How Long Can A Breathing Tube Or An Endotracheal Tube Can Stay In?

• Why Would A Critically Ill Patient In An Induced Coma Need A Tracheostomy In Intensive Care?

• WHAT ARE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY?

Warm Regards

Patrik

How can you become the best advocate for your critically ill loved one, make informed decisions, get PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence quickly, whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care?

You get to that all important feeling of making informed decisions, get PEACE OF MIND, CONTROL, POWER AND INFLUENCE when you download your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” report NOW by entering your email below!

In Your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” report you’ll learn quickly how to make informed decisions, get PEACE OF MIND, real power and real control and how you can influence decision making fast, whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care! Your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” Report gives you in-depth insight that you must know whilst your loved one is critically ill or is even dying in Intensive Care! Sign up and download your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” REPORT now by entering your email below!

In your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” REPORT you’ll learn how to speak the “secret” Intensive Care language so that the doctors and the nurses know straight away that you are an insider and that you know and understand what’s really happening in Intensive Care!

In your FREE report you’ll also discover

• How to ask the doctors and the nurses the right questions

• Discover the many competing interests in Intensive Care and how your critically ill loved one’s treatment may depend on those competing interests

• How to eliminate fear, frustration, stress, struggle and vulnerability even if your loved one is dying

• 5 mind blowing tips& strategies helping you to get on the right path to making informed decisions, get PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence in your situation

• You’ll get real world examples that you can easily adapt to your and your critically ill loved one’s situation

• How to stop being intimidated by the Intensive Care team and how you will be seen as equals

• You’ll get crucial ‘behind the scenes’ insight so that you know and understand what is really happening in Intensive Care

• How you need to manage doctors and nurses in Intensive Care (it’s not what you think)

Thank you for tuning into this week’s BLOG and I’ll see you again in another update next week!

Make sure you also check out our “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” section where I answer your questions or send me an email to [email protected] with your questions!

Or you can call us! Find phone numbers on our contact tab.

Also check out our Ebook section where you get more Ebooks, Videos and Audio recordings  and where you can also get 1:1 counselling with me via Skype or over the phone and via email by clicking on the email and phone counselling tabs on the top of the website!

This is Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM and I’ll see you again next week with another update

Related Articles:

• What is an induced coma and why is my critically ill loved one in an induced coma

• How LONG does it take to WAKE UP after an induced coma?

• How LONG can someone stay in an INDUCED COMA?

• How long can you keep a critically ill Patient in Intensive Care in an induced coma

• How long can a breathing tube or an endotracheal tube can stay in

• The 10 COMMANDMENTS for PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• Tracheostomy and weaning off the ventilator in Intensive Care, how long can it take?

• Why do doctors in Intensive Care insert a Tracheostomy after an induced coma?

• How long should a Patient be on a ventilator before having a Tracheostomy?

• Why does my loved one need a Tracheostomy in Intensive Care

• What could be the cause if my critically ill loved one is removed from an induced coma but still hasn’t woken up?

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• The 3 most dangerous mistakes that you are making but you are unaware of, if your loved one is a critically ill Patient in Intensive Care

• The 5 questions you need to ask when the Intensive Care team is talking about “Futility of treatment”, “Withdrawal of life support” or about “Withdrawal of treatment”

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• HOW TO CONTROL YOUR POSITIVE SELF- IMAGE whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

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• 5 POWERFUL THINGS YOU NEED TO DO IF THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM IS NEGATIVE WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE!

• Does my critically ill loved one in an induced coma or with head injuries feel my presence?

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• My Mum has been diagnosed with STOMACH CANCER and is in ICU ventilated. CAN I TAKE HER HOME on a ventilator?

• The questions you need to ask the most senior doctor in Intensive Care, if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• A 5 step BLUEPRINT for DYING WELL and with DIGNITY in Intensive Care

• How long does it take for my critically ill loved one to be taken off the ventilator and have their breathing tube/ endotracheal tube removed

• Why you must make up your own mind about your critically ill loved one’s situation in Intensive Care even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse!

• The ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM or HOW THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM IS MAKING DECISIONS whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!

• MY PARTNER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE ON A VENTILATOR! THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM WANTS TO DO A TRACHEOSTOMY AND I WANT TO HAVE HIM EXTUBATED! WHAT DO I DO?

• 5 ways you are UNCONSCIOUSLY SABOTAGING yourself whilst your loved one is CRITICALLY ILL in Intensive Care and HOW TO STOP doing it!

• How to make sure that “what you see is always what you get” whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• 5 steps to become a better negotiator if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• 5 Ways to have control, power and influence while your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• 6 phrases you should never say when your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• How to REPROGRAM YOUR MIND if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• How to play a “HIGH STAKES GAME” that only the Intensive Care team knows HOW TO WIN!

• Family overjoyed as top court rules doctors must seek consent before taking a patient off life support

• How to make sure that your values and beliefs are known whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care

• My loved one has HIV, lymphoma on his brain, seizures, septic and is ventilated! The Intensive Care team is trying to TAKE MY HOPE AWAY and they are all NEGATIVE! HELP!

• MY PARTNER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER A BLEED ON A BRAIN! WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM WANTS TO SWITCH OFF THE VENTILATOR! HELP!

• CAN YOU GO HOME ON A VENTILATOR?

• HOW TO DEAL WITH A DIFFICULT INTENSIVE CARE TEAM, WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE!

• DISRUPT before you are being DISRUPTED, whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!

• HOW TO STAY STRONG WHILST YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE!”

• What the doctors and the nurses behaviour in Intensive Care is telling you about the culture in a unit

• How to take control if your loved one has a severe brain injury and is critically ill in Intensive Care

• Family Meetings in Intensive Care or the Elephant in the Room

• How can I be prepared, be mentally strong and be well positioned for a Family meeting with the Intensive Care team?(PART 1)

• How can I be prepared, be mentally strong and be well positioned for a Family meeting with the Intensive Care team?(PART 2)

• The four DEADLY SINS that Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care CONSTANTLY MAKE, but they are UNAWARE OF!

• My HUSBAND had a HORRIBLE work accident and went into CARDIAC ARREST! Will he be PERMANENTLY DISABLED

• HOW TO GET AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!

• How to MUTE your NEGATIVE INNER DIALOGUE whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!

• Why decision making in Intensive Care GOES WAY BEYOND your critically ill loved one’s DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS!

• How to STOP being INTIMIDATED by the Intensive Care team and how you will be SEEN as EQUALS

• WHAT HAPPENS IF MY CRITICALLY ILL LOVED ONE CAN’T BE WEANED OFF THE VENTILATOR?

• The 4 ways you can overcome INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care!

• How to get PEACE OF MIND, more control, more power and influence if your critically ill loved one is DYING in Intensive Care!

• CAN I TAKE MY LOVED ONE HOME ON A VENTILATOR TO DIE?

• The 5 ways how RESILIENT FAMILIES in Intensive Care STAND BACK UP when life knocks them down!

• Five STRAIGHTFORWARD ways to improve Family satisfaction in Intensive Care

• The 5 QUESTIONS you need to ask, if the Intensive Care team wants you to DONATE your loved one’s ORGANS in an END OF LIFE SITUATION!

• MY PARTNER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE ON A VENTILATOR! THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM WANTS TO DO A TRACHEOSTOMY AND I WANT TO HAVE HIM EXTUBATED! WHAT DO I DO? (PART 1)

• How MEDICAL RESEARCH DOMINATES your critically ill loved one’s diagnosis and prognosis, as well as the CARE and TREATMENT your loved one IS RECEIVING or NOT RECEIVING

• 5 things NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD YOU about Intensive Care

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• My father is in Intensive Care ventilated with LIVER FAILURE and KIDNEY FAILURE, I DON’T THINK HE WILL SURVIVE! HELP

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• My father has been weaned off the ventilator in Intensive Care and still has the Tracheostomy in. When can the Tracheostomy be removed?

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• HOW LONG can a critically ill Patient stay on ECMO?

• THE ULTIMATE FASTLANE TO PEACE OF MIND, CONTROL, POWER AND INFLUENCE WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE!