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My Coma making sense?

Coma Preface At some point a nurse or other health worker or assistant asked me “is it true then” “Is what true” I replied” “That you can hear people when...

Coma Preface At some point a nurse or other health worker or assistant asked ...

•11 years ago

Has anyone who has been in ICU struggled with sleeping at night ?

Ever since I entered ICU I have not had one decent night sleep due to fear and nightmares when do, was just wondering if anyone else felt the same.

Ever since I entered ICU I have not had one decent night sleep due to fear and n...

•11 years ago

How did I survive such a critical illness.

I was taken to hospital by ambulance with a severe chest infection, blood oxygen level of 78% on arrival taken to ICU and that's the last thing I remember for...

I was taken to hospital by ambulance with a severe chest infection, blood oxygen...

•11 years ago

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I was in the ICU for 7 days. Critical. Never recovered. need to get well

I had an upper GI bleed. lost nearly 2/3 my blood volume. Allergic reaction to dilated. Cardiac arrest, central line oops punctured r lung. Clip bleed,...

I had an upper GI bleed. lost nearly 2/3 my blood volume. Allergic reaction to ...

•11 years ago

Did anyone who had a Tracheostomy or was Intubated think they were talking to a nurse, when because of the tube they could not have been?

I didn't until recently remember anything at all about my stay in ICU, but I now little things are coming back to me. For instance when I was intubated and put...

I didn't until recently remember anything at all about my stay in ICU, but I now...

•11 years ago

Why is it necessary to wake us?

Does anyone know why we can't be put into an induced coma while on a ventilator, and just woken up after the ventilator is removed? It would be so much less...

Does anyone know why we can't be put into an induced coma while on a ventilator,...

•11 years ago

Can talking about delusional memory turn it into full blown PTSD?

Hello everyone, I've been reading through your stories and things that have been shared for a while but have decided I need to speak up and ask a couple of...

Hello everyone, I've been reading through your stories and things that have bee...

•11 years ago

what happenned to me?

i was in ICU in 2009 or 10, i had an epilepsy seizure and was taken to central middx hospital (park royal). All i want to know is what happenned to me and has...

i was in ICU in 2009 or 10, i had an epilepsy seizure and was taken to central m...

•11 years ago

Does the ICUsteps organisation provide care for Pediatric ICU patënts and their parents/loved ones? Other links or groups in the UK?

•11 years ago

Was anyone else really afraid when the ICU nurses came to roll them from side to side in order to wash them?

I've just found something I wrote when I first came home from hospital . My daughter wanted me to write down ever thing I remembered....

I've just found something I wrote when I first came home from hospital . My daug...

•11 years ago

It makes it worth it

Today I was along with two ICU nurses were invited to speak at a patients experience day for East Sussex Healthcare Trust, with an audience of about 80 people....

Today I was along with two ICU nurses were invited to speak at a patients experi...

•11 years ago