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

So today, I want to read out a comment from Mark but before I read out the comment, the comment is in relation to a video that I made a while ago with the title, “My mom’s on ECMO after open heart surgery. Now, kidney failure, heart failure and fluid overload. Help!”

And when Mark watched the video, he wrote a nice comment, and I just want to read out the comment. He said,

“Hi Patrik,

This happened to me at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia after heart surgery. My heart failed, my lungs failed, my kidneys failed, and they had to put me on ECMO. I was on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for two weeks with a 20% chance to live but thank God I had a lot of people praying for me and I’m here today. That was four years ago.

There’s always hope, never give up.”

So, thank you so much for Mark for sharing that because I think it is so important that people get perspective on the doom and gloom they often hear from intensive care teams. When intensive care team say, “Well, if your family member survives, they won’t have any “quality of life”” Well, clearly Mark is showing that there’s always hope.

Like I always say, research says that around 90% of intensive care patients survive. So, don’t buy into the doom and gloom because the odds are actually in your critically ill loved one’s favor. Don’t forget that there’s a lot of good things happening in ICU. It just when you are challenged with the bad things, it doesn’t mean that there are no good things happening. It just means you’re challenged with the negatives of it all. You just got to work through it and that’s where we come in and help you when you have a loved one, critically ill in intensive care.

I have worked in critical care nursing for nearly 25 years in three different countries where I worked as a nurse manager for over 5 years and where I’ve been consulting and advocating for families in intensive care since 2013 here at intensivecarehotline.com.

I can confidently say that we’ve saved many lives for our hundreds of clients and members that we helped over the years. You can verify that on our testimonial section at intensivecarehotline.com, or you can verify it on our podcast section at intensivecarehotline.com where we have done some client interviews.

That’s also why we created a membership for families of critically ill patients. You can become a member if you go to intensivecarehotline.com, if you click on the membership link or if you go to intensivecaresupport.org directly. In the membership, you have access to me and my team, 24 hours a day, in a membership area and via email and we answer all questions intensive care related.

In the membership, you also have exclusive access to 21 e-books and 21 videos that I have personally written and recorded. The access to me and my team and the e-books and the videos will help you to make informed decisions, have peace of mind, control, power, and influence, making sure your loved one gets best care and treatment. You can join our long list of clients and members that we’ve helped over the years. We’ve helped hundreds of clients and members over the years.

I also do one-on-one consulting and advocacy over the phone, Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype. I talk to you and your families directly. I talk to doctors and nurses directly. I ask all the questions that you haven’t even considered asking when talking to doctors and nurses. I also represent you in family meetings with intensive care teams and I handhold you through this once in a lifetime situation that you simply can’t afford to get wrong.

We also do medical record reviews in real time. We also offer medical record reviews after intensive care if you have unanswered questions, if you need closure, or if you are suspecting medical negligence.

All of that, you get at intensivecarehotline.com. Call us on one of the numbers on the top of our website or simply send us an email to [email protected] with your questions.

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Thank you so much for watching.

This is Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com and I will talk to you in a few days.

Take care for now.

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