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What comes next after ICU or HDU

Many of us drop down through the various wards and end up in rehab whether as an in or outpatient. Across the U.K. there is a great discrepancy between the...

Many of us drop down through the various wards and end up in rehab whether as an...

•3 years ago

Coma recovery

Hi, I've just signed up to ICUsteps, I joined because I am looking to talk about things im experiencing after being in a coma, to talk to people who have and...

Hi, I've just signed up to ICUsteps, I joined because I am looking to talk about...

•3 years ago

ICUSTEPSCHESTER changes it’s name and ……

ICUStepsChester started over 4 years ago to support Intensive Care & HDU patients and their families who lived in the Chester and surrounding areas. They are...

ICUStepsChester started over 4 years ago to support Intensive Care & HDU patient...

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•3 years ago

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Challenging/appealing Passive euthanasia resulting from patient's own will.

My would-have-been husband got severe covid in mid Feb. Damage was extensive, so they put him under medically induced coma. End of July will be 4 months in...

My would-have-been husband got severe covid in mid Feb. Damage was extensive, so...

•3 years ago

Can a twitch of the lip mean some consciousness for a brainstem-injured patient?

Hello! My relative is going into palliative care after being on 3 points on the glascow coma scale for a bit more than a week. She reached a maximum of 5 or 6...

Hello! My relative is going into palliative care after being on 3 points on the ...

•3 years ago

Are doctors always right when they say there's no chance of survival or miracles happen?

Do you know anyone, who doctors had left all hopes of surviving but they did? Does being young (29) and extra fit help? He had a severe case of covid and what...

Do you know anyone, who doctors had left all hopes of surviving but they did? D...

•3 years ago

Doctor wants to take away life support, but is there a chance for my relative to recover from her brain hemorrhage?

Hello! My close relative got taken into the neurological intensive care unit after I and my family members immediately noticed her hemorrhagic stroke symptoms....

Hello! My close relative got taken into the neurological intensive care unit aft...

•3 years ago

ICU delirium

A year ago I had routine open heart surgery unfortunately it didn’t go well and I was put in an induced coma waking up 4 weeks later I was treated well but I...

A year ago I had routine open heart surgery unfortunately it didn’t go well and ...

•3 years ago

Coming off sedation

I wonder if anyone can help me. 9 days ago my boyfriends mum suffered a heart attack and cardiac arrest at home. We called an ambulance and I started giving...

I wonder if anyone can help me. 9 days ago my boyfriends mum suffered a heart at...

•3 years ago

What's a Do Not Resuscitate Order? Is it discontinuation of life support? Allow natural death?

So, My would-have-been husband and love of my life had contracted covid somewhere, back in February. He apparently got a wrong negative RTPCR result while he...

So, My would-have-been husband and love of my life had contracted covid somewhe...

•3 years ago

Sepsis

Hi all i had septic shock due to a binary infection last september and spent 5 weeks in intensive care. I have an infected finger nail and it looks quite...

Hi all i had septic shock due to a binary infection last september and spent 5 w...

•3 years ago

How many attempts will they try to wake my husband?

Hi all. New to the community. My back story is that my husband Brian is currently in Critical Care, we are on day 8. His bowel perforated and he got sepsis....

Hi all. New to the community. My back story is that my husband Brian is currentl...

•3 years ago

Does anyone know of any useful games, strategies or techniques that can help stimulate a patients mind following a brain injury?

Hi all, does anyone know of any useful games, strategies or techniques that can help stimulate a patients mind following severe brain damage. My brother...

Hi all, does anyone know of any useful games, strategies or techniques that can ...

•3 years ago