Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. A lot of families come to us at Intensivecarehotline.com and they want to know why their loved one needs a central line in Intensive Care. So the indications for a central line in Intensive Care is generally speaking a high. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in ICU: Did you know that more than 90% of Patients in ICU survive?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Today’s tip is about mortality rates in Intensive Care. Did you know that more than 90% of Intensive Care patients actually survive? So that means the odds are in your loved one’s favor. However, I would also argue that the. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in ICU: Look if your loved one can take spontaneous breaths while ventilated!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Many families in Intensive Care, they come to us and they want to know what to look for if their loved one can come off the ventilator or not. Now, the long version of this answer is that you. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: When is ECMO needed for COPD?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Yesterday, I was talking to a client and this lady has her 31 year old son in Intensive Care with COPD at such a young age and their…her son’s CO2 or carbon dioxide is through the roof. Which means it’s. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in ICU: Ventilation & Tracheostomy weaning is only possible with Mobilisation!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. This morning, I was talking to a client who has their 78 year old mother in a long-term acute care or LTAC. She’s been on the ventilator now for six weeks and she can’t come off it according to the. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: When is it too early to stop treatment?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care yesterday. I had Carol sent me an email with a question and she said that her mother was in Intensive Care now for six weeks initially. She had bypass surgery or open heart surgery. She had some complications, she ended. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: How to deal with Ultimatums from the Intensive Care team
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Yesterday, Steve writes in and he says that his mom had a cardiac arrest after a pulmonary embolus and she probably sustained some hypoxic brain injury and Steve is saying that, they’re trying to wake her up. So she’s in. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: What to expect when your loved one is on a ventilator!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Many families in intensive care come to us and they send an email and they say something along the lines of that their loved one is on a ventilator in Intensive Care and they don’t know what to expect next.. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: How to prepare for family meetings in Intensive Care!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Today’s tip is about family meetings in intensive care. Now many families in intensive care come to us and they say to us, “look we’ve been asked to attend a family meeting tomorrow at three o’clock.” Now my first response. Continue Reading »
Quick tip for families in Intensive Care: What if your loved one fails extubation?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Currently, we’re working with a client who has their mother in intensive care for about a couple of weeks and they failed extubation, which is they can’t come off the ventilator and the breathing tube. So now their mother needs. Continue Reading »
The cold harsh truth about intensive care that families in ICU need to know!
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. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: When Does Your Loved One Need an Arterial Line?
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: When Does Your Loved One Need an Arterial Line? Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Currently I’m working with the client has had their mother in intensive care for over three weeks now. Their mother has been ventilated and. Continue Reading »