Hi! It’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. This morning, Tony called and Tony is one of our clients and he asked that his mum is not waking up after an induced coma. She’s been in the induced coma for seven days for a septic shock. So she’s. Continue Reading »

Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Yesterday, Ruby sent an email and asks that her dad has been in ICU now for three weeks and he has been intubated three times and he got extubated three times. Now, he’s been intubated for the fourth time and. Continue Reading »

Hi! It’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick update and tip for families in Intensive Care. Now, currently we’re working with a client who has their dad in ICU after cardiac arrest and potentially hypoxic brain injury. Now after a week in ICU, the hypoxic brain injury apparently is turning into a brain death. Continue Reading »

Hi! It’s Patrik Hutzel here from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Yesterday, I had a client contact me and she said that her mom has been in ICU now for two weeks on non-invasive BiPAP for high CO2 levels or high carbon dioxide levels and there’s a very good chance. Continue Reading »

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’s had their mother in LTAC or Long-Term Acute Care and as you’ve heard me say before long-term acute care for patients on ventilation with tracheostomy are simply a disaster. There are no qualified. Continue Reading »

Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in Intensive Care. Yesterday, I had Robin email me and she says that her dad has been in ICU for about three months and he’s there with a tracheostomy and with long-term ventilation. He can’t be weaned off the ventilator. But she said. Continue Reading »

Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel here 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 when ECMO can be used as a treatment or therapy option. Now the short version of it is that, it can be used for either heart. Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

  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 »

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 »

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 »