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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!
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In this week’s BLOG I want to give you
“The 5 ways how RESILIENT FAMILIES in Intensive Care STAND BACK UP when life knocks them down!”
Most Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence!
I even go as far to say that 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence!
Why do I say this?
I say this because after more than 15 years Intensive Care nursing experience in three different countries and after I have literally worked and looked after THOUSANDS of critically ill Patients and their Family members in Intensive Care, I know firsthand the pain, the frustrations, the fear, the sacrifice, the emotional drama and the level of vulnerability those Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care go through and experience!
You and your family are way outside of your comfort zone!
I also know how much they throw their hands up in the air and I know that Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care say, feel and think how much this situation of having a loved one critically ill in Intensive Care is immediately throwing them outside of their comfort zone!
I also know firsthand and from my experience that Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care feel like they are helpless and overwhelmed with the situation and they don’t really know what to do.
I also know firsthand and from my experience that Families who’s critically ill loved one in Intensive Care is either
- very unstable and in a very critical condition
- in a life threatening situation
that they are feeling even worse off and they feel like they are so far outside of their comfort zone that they feel like they are literally “losing the plot!”
And rightly so, if your critically ill loved one is in one the aforementioned difficult, challenging and often heartbreaking situations your and your Family’s job is to get resilient quickly!
Your and your Family’s job is to literally “get your act together” so to speak!
And I’m not suggesting that in normal and everyday life you don’t have your act together. However, in this unique and “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” situation and challenge you can’t afford of to not having your act together and become more resilient!
And once again, after more than 15 years Intensive Care nursing in three different countries and after having worked with literally THOUSANDS of critically ill Patients and their Families I have seen it all and I know how the few Families who became more resilient have done it!
In the process they have gained tremendous levels of PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence, something 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care will never achieve!
Therefore I want to share with you
“The 5 ways how RESILIENT FAMILIES in Intensive Care STAND BACK UP when life knocks them down!”
Let’s dive right into it
- Families who are RESILIENT are not or stop being intimidated by the Intensive Care team
Look, if you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care you play the game the Intensive Care team wants you to play. You buy into the “perceived power” and the “perceived authority” of the Intensive Care team and you are quite frankly intimidated by it!
After all that’s how society conditioned you and you should certainly “play by society’s rules”!
And if you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care you are nice, you “suck up” to the Intensive Care team, you don’t question, you abide by their rules and you are generally speaking kept at “arm’s length” by the Intensive Care team because you don’t want to be a “trouble maker”!
In the meantime, the Intensive Care team is driving their mainly hidden agenda and in the meantime you, your Family and your critically ill loved one are even losing more ground!
What’s also quietly happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in the meantime is that the Intensive Care team’s politics, the dynamics, their competing interests, the power play, the intrigue and the psychology in an Intensive Care Unit is what’s driving the positioning of the Intensive Care team!
Those forces are often also what’s driving the positioning of your critically ill loved one’s diagnosis and prognosis by the Intensive Care team!
The fact of the matter is that if you and your Family continue to be intimidated by the Intensive Care team, your critically ill loved one may bear the brunt and you will literally have no PEACE OF MIND, no power, no control and no influence!
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How to stop being intimidated by the Intensive Care team and how you will be seen as equals!
- Families who are RESILIENT understand what’s happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care
Look, if you don’t understand that what’s happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care you are doomed!
The fact of the matter is that Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT, understand that the moving parts, the interests and what’s happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care go way beyond their critically ill loved one’s prognosis and diagnosis!
So does decision making!
If your critically ill loved one is either
- very unstable and in a very critical condition
- in a life threatening situation
the Intensive Care team is weighing up their options WITHOUT TALKING TO YOU and/or your critically ill loved one!
You, your family and your critically ill loved one are the last ones to find out that if the Intensive Care team thinks that
- continuing to treat your critically ill loved one is costing too much money $$$ or that they will lose money that they will sit you down and try and “sell” you on a “withdrawal of treatment” or a “limitation of life support” as being “IN THE BEST INTEREST” of your critically ill loved one
- This could also be the case if the Intensive Care team has other critically ill Patients waiting for ICU beds, because generally speaking the demand on precious, scarce and expensive ICU beds is usually high!
- You also need to be on high alert about medical research in Intensive Care! Medical research is a Billion Dollar $$$ per year industry and often critically ill Patients are enrolled in medical research studies in Intensive Care without them or their Families knowing about it, let alone them having given written or verbal consent! Often, critically ill Patients who can be or who are enrolled in medical research may get preferred treatment or get prolonged treatment, because there is funding($$$) attached to it. This can sometimes also mean that in end of life situations treatment and unnecessary suffering is prolonged because the Intensive Care team wants to conduct medical research! It could also mean that if your critically ill loved one doesn’t fit a medical research category that the Intensive Care team has less interest in treating them!
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- Families who are RESILIENT are “difficult and demanding”
If you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who have no PEACE OF MIND, no power, no control and no influence, you are nice, you “suck up” to the Intensive care team and you generally speaking don’t want to “rock the boat”!
That’s the mindset of 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who have no PEACE OF MIND, no power, no control and no influence! Therefore it’s easy for the Intensive Care team to drive home their agenda!
Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT, who have PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence tend to be “difficult and demanding”, they don’t buy into the “perceived power” and the “perceived authority” of the Intensive Care team!
Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT have also realized that they are in a “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” situation that they can’t really afford to get wrong!
Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT have also realized that they are in control of their own destiny and that they need to take full responsibility for the outcomes and results that they get!
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- Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT have good body language and posture!
99% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care who have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence share this implicitly or explicitly with the outside world by displaying poor body language and poor posture!
Their back is slumped, their shoulders are moved inwards, they avoid strong eye contact, they have a weak handshake, their arms are crossed and their tone of voice is weak!
Everybody can see that they have no PEACE OF MIND, no control, no power and no influence!
Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT realize this and they change it!
And I can promise you that the minute that you change your body language and the minute that you realize that this situation is challenging but that you will also do whatever it takes to have PEACE OF MIND, to have power, to have control and to have influence, that’s the minute when things will change!
The minute you take control of your body language and your town of voice, that’s the minute when the Intensive Care team will know that they are dealing with a RESILIENT and POWERFUL Family!
Try it at your own risk but I promise you that the world will notice!
Recommended Resources
- MANAGING YOUR FAMILY AND THE INTENSIVE CARE TEAM WHILST YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE
- THE 5 THINGS FAMILIES DO WHO HAVE PEACE OF MIND, ARE IN CONTROL, FEEL POWERFUL, AND INFLUENCE DECISION MAKING FAST, WHILST YOUR LOVED ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE!
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- Families in Intensive Care who are RESILIENT do their own research, they are driving their own agenda and they won’t take “NO” for an answer
If you have come this far, you already know what you need to do! You already know that doing your own research, that driving your own agenda, irrespective of what the Intensive Care team keeps throwing at you and not taking “NO” for an answer is what’s getting you results!
You already know that “doing whatever it takes” on your path to PEACE OF MIND, control, power and influence is what you need to do!
How can you do that and how can you 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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