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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM , where we INSTANTLY improve the lives of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care, so that you can 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 last week’s BLOG I’ve shown you why you need to “DISRUPT before you are being DISRUPTED!”
You can check out last week’s BLOG here!
In this week’s BLOG I want to give you some special insights when you, your Family and your critically ill loved one are faced with the multiple challenges when being in Intensive Care!
Therefore in this week’s BLOG I want to show you “How to play a “HIGH STAKES GAME” that only the Intensive Care team knows HOW TO WIN”
I have stopped count of the many Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who slowly but surely realize that when they have a loved one admitted to Intensive Care that they are involved in a “HIGH STAKES GAME“.
Those Families of critically ill Patients also go on to realize that in order to “play” this “HIGH STAKES GAME” that they lack the manual, the instructions and a BLUEPRINT.
Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care also quickly realize that if their critically ill loved one is in one of the following situations where they are
- very unstable and in a very critical condition
- in a life threatening situation
that they are involved in an unusual, bizarre, unexpected, volatile, stressful and challenging situation!
Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who experience their loved one being in one of those situations, realize that they are involved in a “HIGH STAKES GAME” and they are at a loss to even “start the game” so to speak!
The Intensive Care team on the other hand is a master at “playing this HIGH STAKES GAME”, they’ve “played the game” many times and they have structured this “HIGH STAKES GAME” in a way that they are always going to win!
They are “laying down the law”, so to speak and if you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence you might have an idea that you are involved in a “HIGH STAKES GAME” and you still don’t question, you still take everything for “FACE VALUE” that the Intensive Care team is telling you and you just simply lack the tools in your toolbox to play this “HIGH STAKES GAME”!
You are literally in an “impossible” situation
And let’s put aside that your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care for a minute!
Let’s put aside that your involved in a “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” situation that you can’t really afford to get wrong.
Let’s put aside for a minute that you don’t know what the next few hours bring and let’s put aside that your critically ill loved one is in a very volatile situation….
The fact of the matter is that when you are faced with a big challenge in life you need a roadmap, you need guidance, you need a blueprint and you need to have confidence in your abilities to deal with whatever life throws at you!
“To live through an impossible situation, you don’t need to have the reflexes of a Grand Prix driver, the muscles of a Hercules, the mind of an Einstein. You simply need to know what to do.” – Anthony Greenback, The Book of Survival
And if you don’t know what to do if your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care, you’ll have a hard time to play or let alone “win” this “HIGH STAKES GAME” that is Intensive Care!
The Intensive Care team on the other hand knows how to play and knows how to win this “HIGH STAKES GAME”…
They’ve “played” this game over and over again and they know what to say, they know how they say it, they know when to say it, they know how to gauge your reactions, they know how to gauge your emotions and they know how to take advantage of your emotions…
The rules of the game have been made by the Intensive Care team…
The Intensive Care team “played” this “HIGH STAKES GAME” over and over again and they have “written” the instruction manual and they have made the rules so to speak.
The Intensive Care team has grown so shrewd and adept at “selling” you any situation as being “IN THE BEST INTEREST” of your critically ill loved one.
They can twist and turn situations in many ways, according to what’s happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care to suit their agenda and not yours!
Now, if your critically ill loved one is either
- very unstable and in a very critical condition
- in a life threatening situation
and you have realized that you are “playing” a “HIGH STAKES GAME” and you are lacking the instruction manual it’s time to get proactive!
You have also realized that if you are not prepared to stand up for your interests, if you are not prepared to act differently compared to the 99% of Families of critically ill Patients who have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence, you will get lost in the jungle that is Intensive Care and in fact you may get bruised and battered while getting lost!
“To live through an impossible situation, you don’t need to have the reflexes of a Grand Prix driver, the muscles of a Hercules, the mind of an Einstein. You simply need to know what to do.” – Anthony Greenback, The Book of Survival
Anthony Greenback in his famous quote sums it up perfectly.
Knowing what to do and being on “high alert” is critical
You and your Family need to know what to do to put the odds in your favour.
In order to “win” this “HIGH STAKES GAME”, you and your Family need to take matters in your own hands, you need to start acting and behaving differently and you need to believe that you not only can win this “HIGH STAKES GAME”, you also need to believe that you can have PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence, irrespective of the challenges that you are facing!
The Intensive Care team on the other hand just simply fills you in with the cold and hard clinical facts and realities and they can twist and turn that information according to their mainly hidden agenda!
That hidden agenda can change often and at any given time, depending on the interests of the Intensive Care team such as
- The financial and monetary interests of the Intensive Care team, i.e. will they make money $$$ or lose money $$$ if they continue treating your critically ill loved one?
- The fierce competition for beds in Intensive Care from other Patients awaiting admission into scarce, precious and expensive Intensive Care beds
- The medical research interests of the Intensive Care team, i.e. will treating your critically ill loved one give the Intensive Care team the ability to enrol them in a medical research study and attract some $$$ funding?
- The politics, the power play, the dynamics, the competing interests, the intrigue and the psychology in Intensive Care is also what’s driving the positioning of the Intensive Care team and is also often driving the positioning of your critically ill loved one’s diagnosis and prognosis
The truth of the matter is that if you are not on “high alert” when being involved in this “HIGH STAKES GAME” whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care, you, your Family and your critically ill loved one will be fighting an uphill battle and you will never have PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence!
You need to get a handle on things very quickly
If you don’t get a handle on things quickly, if you don’t understand the moving parts “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care and how they impact on the Intensive Care team’s positioning the “HIGH STAKES GAME” is over for you before you’ve even realized that it even began.
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The question is can you afford to continue to have a weak posture like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence?
Can you really afford to have the Intensive Care team drive their hidden agenda?
Can you really afford to not have a STRONG POSITIONING, a STRONG AGENDA yourself and a goal that you want to achieve in a situation where your critically ill loved one is either
- very unstable and in a very critical condition
- in a life threatening situation
Do you really want the Intensive Care team to direct the goals and the agenda in this challenging, difficult and “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” situation?
Do you really want to continue losing this “HIGH STAKES GAME” that only the Intensive Care team knows how to play?
I know that if you’ve come that far you want to take action, you want to start asking the right questions, you want to do your own research, you know that you need to stop “sucking up” to the Intensive Care team and you know that you need to have PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence!
Let the games begin…
How can you QUICKLY get the instructions and win this HIGH STAKES GAME? How can you QUICKLY have PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care?
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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 “killer” tips& strategies helping you to get on the right path to 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!
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This is Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM and I’ll see you again next week with another update!
Sincerely, your Friend
Patrik Hutzel
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