Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So at the moment, we’re working with a client who has their 46-year old brother in ICU with pancreatitis and the client is asking, what questions should they be asking? And as I always say, the biggest challenge for families. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Does a PEG Need To Be Done at the Same Time With a Tracheostomy?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today’s tip is about, should a tracheostomy and a PEG be done at the same time. So a lot of patients in intensive care that need a tracheostomy or a trache also often have a PEG tube at the. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families In ICU: Can Perceived Futility of Treatment in ICU Lead to Euthanasia?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel, from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So Stephanie writes an email, and she says, when a critically ill patient is removed from the ventilator based on the ICUs perceived futility of treatment, but they did this without having ever allowing the critically ill person the opportunity. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: 6 days in ICU with liver failure & brain injury, is it too early to stop treatment for my brother?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So this morning I was talking to a client, she has her 43-year old brother in intensive care with liver failure and cardiac arrest and the doctors are saying that he has an anoxic brain injury and he’s not waking. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can my Mom Go Home on a Ventilator, Tracheostomy and Dialysis with Intensive Care at Home?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So this week I’ve been talking to a client who has their 85-year old mother in LTAC or long-term acute care with ventilation and tracheostomy after a prolonged pneumonia in ICU. So the client’s mother has been in the long-term. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: What is the Most Important Question to Ask if your Loved One’s in ICU?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. Today’s tip is one of the most important tips that I’ve ever given and today’s tip is about what is the most important question that you need to ask when you have a loved one in intensive care? Now, as. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: Can a Tracheostomy Procedure Be Done in ICU at the Bedside?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, we have a client at the moment asking us whether their loved one should have a tracheostomy after a couple of weeks of ventilation, still in an induced coma, and still doesn’t wake up, still can’t come off the. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: My Husband’s Not Waking Up After Open Heart Surgery! Help!
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, Therese and Therese says, my dad had double open heart bypass surgery three days ago. He had a blockage of 95% in one of his arteries and two 70% blockages. Now he’s. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: My 34-yr Old Brother’s in Liver Failure in ICU. The ICU Team Wants to Stop Treating Him & End His Life
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So yesterday I had an email from a reader Claire and Claire writes, my 34-year old brother has been admitted into intensive care with liver failure. Now, the ICU team is suggesting to us to give him morphine and midazolam. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: ECMO & Left Hypoplastic Heart, Cardiac Arrest & CPR. Tracheostomy or DNR?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So yesterday I was talking to a client and the client’s 10-year old daughter is in ICU with Left Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome. Now, initially the client’s daughter went on ECMO for heart failure, and then she got weaned off ECMO.. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: When to Remove a Tracheostomy?
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So this week, we were working with a client who wanted to know what needs to happen for the tracheostomy to be removed or paraphrasing the question differently is, when can a patient with a tracheostomy be decannulated? So here. Continue Reading »
Quick Tip for Families in ICU: 5 Reasons Why Your Loved One Isn’t Waking Up After an Induced Coma
Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from me intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So one of the most frequently asked questions we get is, why does my loved one not waking up after an induced coma? And today I want to give you five reasons why you’re critically ill loved one is. Continue Reading »