For Many Patients Leaving the I. C. U. , the Struggle Has Only . . . The future for patients contending with post-I C U syndrome often depends on their physical, mental and cognitive health before their admission Mr Masterson’s previous fitness and cognitively demanding work bode well for his further progress, Dr Butcher said His family remains alternately hopeful and worried
After the ICU: Long-Term Care Life After Surviving Critical . . . Not all patients in the ICU will recover enough to return home Some patients are left so weakened by their critical illness that they are unable to breathe on their own and must rely on a breathing machine These patients are “ventilator-dependent” and are usually unable to live independently
Road to Recovery - ICUsteps It provides the opportunity for patients to discuss their recovery and discuss any concerns, physical or psychological Patients often find this helps them make sense of their time on the unit as they are able to ask questions about what happened to them
End of life - ICUsteps The patient may be only partly awake (called ‘semi-conscious’) or they may have been given strong drugs to keep them asleep (called an ‘induced coma’) This means that it may not be clear to you that they are getting more ill, and that ICU treatment isn’t helping them to get better
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