Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensive care hotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So Rodney sent us an email and he writes in and he says, my dad is in the ICU from COVID-19 and he’s in an altered mental status. He’s on a ventilator at the lowest setting and can. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can my Dad Use INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME for High Flow Nasal Prongs?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So this morning, we had an inquiry from a client who has their 65-year old dad in ICU on high flow nasal prongs after a
My 54-year old Dad Has Been in ICU Ventilated & Sedated, Can He Have a Tracheostomy Instead of a DNR?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So yesterday I had an email from John and John writes that his 54-year old dad has been in ICU for 45 days after COVID-19 and he’s been on the breathing tube, on a ventilator on a 100% of oxygen. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can Septic Shock Lead to Kidney Failure?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So on the weekend, we were talking to a client who’s had their dad in ICU with a pneumonia and the chest was filling up with secretions and the ICU wanted to do a bronchoscopy to clear out secretions. Now. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Should Sedatives Being Given in ICU for Patients Off Ventilation?
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 78-year old father in ICU with lung cancer and a sepsis. Now, thankfully, his father is not ventilated at the moment, but he needs some oxygen and his arterial blood. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can a Ventilated Patient Be Extubated with Airway Swelling?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So we’re working with a client at the moment who has their mother in ICU with a breathing tube and on mechanical ventilation after cardiac arrest. Now, it looks like our client’s mother is coming close to having the breathing. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Does it Matter How a Critically Ill Patient Dies 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 a question we get all the time, does it matter how a patient dies in intensive care? Now the short version of this is that it matters big time because a lot of end of. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: What is Euthanasia in Intensive Care?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Yesterday, I had an email from a reader and the reader asked, what is euthanasia in intensive care? What does it look like? And you know, what should a family be looking for if they suspect that the intensive care. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Treatment Options for ARDS After COVID-19 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, what are treatment options for ARDS or lung failure? Now the reason I want to bring up this topic is, at the moment a lot of patients in ICU get diagnosed with ARDS or lung failure,. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: What is Standard Treatment for Fast AF (atrial fibrillation) in ICU?
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 is in intensive care with a tracheostomy and had COVID-19, had a lung failure, ARDS and also has had episodes of rapid AF with hypotension or low blood pressure that required inotropes. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can a Ventilated Patient with a Breathing Tube Be Extubated Twice?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today I was talking to a client and the client was saying that her mother has been in ICU for the last 10 days on a ventilator with the tracheostomy after pneumonia and she has been extubated a few. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: How Long Can a Patient Stay on ECMO After Cardiac Arrest?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So I had a question from one of our readers, Greg and Greg asks, when should treatment be withdrawn when a patient after cardiac arrest is on ECMO? So what are the timelines around that? What a great question Greg,. Continue Reading »