(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So this week, I was talking to a client who said that their 78-year old father has gone into ICU with a pneumonia and is currently on high flow nasal…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: ICU Pushing DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Instead of Having Treatment Plan
(getmp3.pro)+(1).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, today’s tip is about a reader of our website writing to us and saying that, “The ICU team is pushing DNR (do not resuscitate) for their father in…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: My Husband had a Stroke with Tracheostomy & Ventilator! Can INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME Take Him Home?
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, today, I’ve got a quick tip for a lady who writes in, “My husband had a stroke and has a tracheostomy, and he’s on a ventilator, but he can’t…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: When Staffing Levels in ICU are Dangerously Low, Here is What Happens!
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today, I want to talk about staffing levels in ICU. So, we are currently working with a client who has their loved one in ICU, ventilated with the…
Worrying About Getting Off the Ventilator in ICU after CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) Surgery! Quick Tip for Families in ICU!
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, when our readers opt in for their free instant impact report or for their video mini-series, we ask them what is their biggest frustration? And one of our…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Dad had a Heart Attack & is in ICU on Ventilator, Ejection Fraction 17%, They Want to Pull the Plug, Help!
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip and questions answered for families in intensive care. So, I have an email here from Tracy and Tracy writes, “My father has had a heart attack and the hospital had him on life support.…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Is BIPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) Considered Life Support?
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS 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 that we get quite frequently, and the question is, “Is BIPAP considered life support? Even though I think I know the answer, as…
When to Stop BIPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) in ICU and What to Do if You Can’t Stop it! Quick Tip for Families in ICU!
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, we get asked a lot when to stop BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) in ICU? And I probably need to make a distinction here that there are two…
Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Does a Medically Induced Coma Mean Death?
: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Does a Medically Induced Coma Mean Death? Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today’s tip is a question from a reader that we got, and the reader…
Do ICU Patients on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) Need to be Paralyzed? Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care!
(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So, today’s tip is about, “Whether patients on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in ICU need paralyzing agents or muscle relaxants?” Well, that’s a great question. It’s a question we…