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Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: My Baby is on ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) for Lung Failure After Heart Transplant. The ICU Team Wants to Stop Treatment! Help!

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(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 was talking to a client who has their two-and-a-half-year-old baby in ICU after a heart transplant that happened two and a half months ago. Everything seemed…

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Is Intensive Care at Home the Best Option for My Mom in ICU?

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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM where we instantly improve the lives for Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care, so that you can make informed decisions, have PEACE OF MIND, real power, real control and so that you can influence decision making fast, even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care! This…

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Why Does My Brother Keep Getting Infections in ICU & How to Prevent it! Quick Tip for Families in ICU

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Podcast: 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 quick tip is about antibiotics in intensive care, whether they should be completed for the full course. And the reason this question has come up, we’re currently…

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After 8 Days from ICU to LTAC Still no Mobilization & My Loved One Can’t Be Weaned Off the Ventilator! Quick Tip for Families in ICU!

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(getmp3.pro).mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS After 8 Days from ICU to LTAC Still no Mobilization & My Loved One Can’t Be Weaned Off the Ventilator! Quick Tip for Families in ICU! Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com with another quick tip for families in intensive care. So today’s tip…

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Lack of Staff in ICU, Does it Impact on Patient Care? Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care!

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(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, one of the questions that we get quite frequently is, “How does lack of nursing staff impact on quality care, or on what the ICU team is telling…

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Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: Treatment Options for Kidney Failure in ICU Appear Out of Nowhere with the Right Advocacy!

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(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 currently, we are working with a client who just had their mother transferred from LTAC (long-term acute care) back to ICU after she left ICU a few weeks ago.…

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Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: My Mom Bounced Back from LTAC to ICU for Kidney Failure and Pneumonia. Can She have Dialysis?

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: 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 currently, we are working with a client who has had their loved one in LTAC in the United States, and of course, their loved one went back to…

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Quick Tip for Families in Intensive Care: My Mom has Gone from ICU to LTAC Back to ICU for a Medical Emergency! What Should We Do, Help?

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(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 yesterday, one of our clients reached out and said that his mom from LTAC (long term acute care) had to go back to intensive care. Now, this was…

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My Mother isn’t Waking Up After Heart Attack in Intensive Care! Quick Tip for Families in ICU!

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(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, “What happens if someone is not waking up after a heart attack in intensive care?” So, the first thing that we need to distinguish…

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Should You Hire a Lawyer for Disputes with the ICU Team in ICU? Quick Tip for Families in ICU!

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(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, “Should you hire a lawyer when you have a loved one in intensive care, and there are disputes with the intensive care team?” Now,…