Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Today’s tip is, is it painful to have a tracheostomy? So many families in intensive care come to us when they have a loved one in intensive care on a breathing tube or endotracheal tube and they are in an. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: If You’re on BIPAP at Home, Do You Need ICU?
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 want to know that if you are a BiPAP user at home and you go to a hospital, do you need to go into ICU? That’s a great question to. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Why Induced Coma after Cardiac Arrest?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel here from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So many families in intensive care come to us and they want to know, why is their loved one after cardiac arrest in an induced coma? So here are a number of reasons why your loved one is in. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive care: What is a Medically Induced Coma?
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 want to know what is a medically induced coma? So let me answer this for you. A medically induced coma, especially in intensive care is a coma that’s induced by. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Your Strategy Matters!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Now my tip today is about your strategy if you have a loved one in intensive care. So most families that contact us, if they have a loved one in intensive care and they’re asking for help, they don’t really. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: When Does your Loved One Need Paralyzing Agents in Intensive Care?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today’s tip is about paralyzing agents in intensive care. So why do I bring this up as a topic you may never have heard of that if you have a loved one in intensive care. The reason I bring. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Watch Out for Silent DNR!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today’s tip is about silent DNR’s or silent NFR’s. So for those of you that don’t know what the DNR or NFR stands for, DNR stands for “Do Not Resuscitate” and NFR stands “Not For Resuscitation”, which in essence. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: How Does a Tracheostomy Help with Coming Out of an Induced Coma?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So many families in intensive care come to us and they want to know when to do a tracheostomy if their loved one is on a ventilator with a breathing tube or an endotracheal tube in their mouth. So a. Continue Reading »
How Can I Ask the Right Questions for my Dad in ICU Who’s Ventilated with Pneumonia?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip and questions answered for families in intensive care. So today, Mary writes in with a question. Mary writes, my father is in ICU for severe pneumonia, which caused problems breathing and they have him sedated and on a ventilating machine. He’s 77 years of age. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: How to Avoid a Tracheostomy!
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So currently we’re working with a client who has their 66-year old mother in ICU after a stroke and some seizures and the client’s mom has been on the ventilator for about 14 days now. The ICU is suggesting a. Continue Reading »
My Aunt is in LTAC on Ventilation with Tracheostomy. Can She Go Home on Ventilation and Tracheostomy?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotliine.com where we instantly improve the lives for families of critically ill patients in intensive care so that you can make informed decisions, get peace of mind, control, power, and influence fast. So today, I’ve got an email from one of my clients, Joy and Joy has a question and. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME vs LTAC for Ventilated Patients and Tracheostomy
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So yesterday I had a client call me and they said that their dad had a tracheostomy after about 15 days in ICU and they consented to the tracheostomy and within hours of having done the tracheostomy, the ICU told. Continue Reading »