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ICUsteps

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Husband giving up!!

Hi all, my husband is on week 8 of ventilator,3 of which are on trachy. Ventilation.He has a lot of muscle wastage and can barely move atm.He is fully off...

Hi all, my husband is on week 8 of ventilator,3 of which are on trachy. Ventilat...

•3 years ago

Does anyone know what tracheostomy mask weaning is ?

My relative is in ICU and has tracheostomy. Today they have said they are they are going to try to tracheostomy mask wean when he is awake. Please can anyone...

My relative is in ICU and has tracheostomy. Today they have said they are they a...

•3 years ago

Post ICU Struggle

Hi I was tested positive for COVID on 25th Jan this year and rushed to hospital by ambulance on 31st. I was intubated and put on a ventilator in an induced for...

Hi I was tested positive for COVID on 25th Jan this year and rushed to hospital ...

•3 years ago

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I had sepsis shock 2 years ago am 66 year old lady was in an induced coma for two weeks did not walk for 5 weeks I often have leg muscle

ache it comes and goes wobbly legs at times then have days without any problems i also get pins and needles in my feet I do daily exercise what is this?

ache it comes and goes wobbly legs at times then have days without any problems ...

Lilly-of-the-Valley

•3 years ago

One step forward, two steps back.

I am so disheartened! My dad had a really bad infection the past two weeks. He's just gotten over it really turned a corner had a trachy fitted and we've been...

I am so disheartened! My dad had a really bad infection the past two weeks. He's...

•3 years ago

CPR needed-covid battle

My dad needed cpr this am after his heart rate dropped. His saturation was in the 60s. The drs are telling us this will happen again (asking us to sign a DNR)...

My dad needed cpr this am after his heart rate dropped. His saturation was in th...

•3 years ago

Is this normal?

I woke from a 5 day induced coma exactly 4 weeks ago today. Nothing as sinister as COVID or heart failure, just a nasty abscess in a hard to reach part of my...

I woke from a 5 day induced coma exactly 4 weeks ago today. Nothing as sinister ...

•3 years ago

Speech therapy while on high flow oxygen

After 3 days of being off ventilator, my mother has started speech therapy. Today the therapists did an evaluation on my mom and attached a passy muir valve...

After 3 days of being off ventilator, my mother has started speech therapy. Tod...

Livinglifeachday

•3 years ago

Have you been in intensive care with COVID19 in the UK and are of Pakistani ethnicity?

I am recruiting for a study aimed at understanding patient experiences of ICU and recovery. My name is Syed Shahzar Ahmed and I am a Master's student of...

I am recruiting for a study aimed at understanding patient experiences of ICU an...

MScStudentResearcher

•3 years ago

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Help or understanding

Was in ICU while of December suffering with COVID since coming home ive been suffering from nightmares n night sweats n feeling very edgy, got help from my...

Was in ICU while of December suffering with COVID since coming home ive been suf...

•3 years ago

Mom finally off ventilator after 7 months!

Hi everyone, great news, after a little over 7 months of my mom being on on a ventilator and doctors saying that my mother would be vent dependent, she has...

Hi everyone, great news, after a little over 7 months of my mom being on on a ve...

Livinglifeachday

•3 years ago

Dad Damaged lungs after covid pneumonia

Hello I was hoping to find someone with a recovery story in the state my dad is right now. He tested positive Jan 9, Hospitalized Jan 17, Ventilator Jan 25....

Hello I was hoping to find someone with a recovery story in the state my dad is ...

•3 years ago

Pressure support on a ventilator.

Does anyone know what pressure support on a ventilator ? We’ve just had a worrying phone call from the hospital that the pressure support has gone up from 12...

Does anyone know what pressure support on a ventilator ? We’ve just had a worry...

•3 years ago

Mam in ICU 5 weeks still ventilated very up & down

My Mam is in ICU 5 weeks this she got Covid early January. Off sedation but still drowsy. She was getting weaned off ventilator last week and was doing well...

My Mam is in ICU 5 weeks this she got Covid early January. Off sedation but stil...

•3 years ago

Covid and Bloodgasses?

Hi all, I'm not clear about something and wonder if you can help? We just spoke to nurse who said that my father has been static for the last week at 50...

Hi all, I'm not clear about something and wonder if you can help? We just spoke...

•3 years ago

My dad 64 with a tracheostomy - Sedation? Steroids? progress

Hi all, My father is currently at a London Hospital in ICU with covid. What began with CPAP then turned into being fully sedated for over 4 weeks and even...

Hi all, My father is currently at a London Hospital in ICU with covid. What beg...

•3 years ago

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