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ICUsteps

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Update after3years

I was in a covid coma 3years ago and posted in here to soon after I got home my brain was so hyper for a bout a month I felt so.guilty that I survived when...

I was in a covid coma 3years ago and posted in here to soon after I got home my...

•11 months ago

Comfort measures failure

Hi everyone - The hospital started comfort measures on my brother who has severe brain injury 10 days ago, and they were expecting him to live for 2 days at...

Hi everyone - The hospital started comfort measures on my brother who has severe...

•11 months ago

Out of ICU

2 days ago my çĺosè friend was moved out of ÌCÙ after 5 weeks, to the High Dependancy Nueroĺòĝìçal Ward

2 days ago my çĺosè friend was moved out of ÌCÙ after 5 weeks, to the High Depen...

•11 months ago

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32 days

32 days my mums been in ICU they’ve said they’re no longer going to give her antibiotics for the infections in her abdomen as they aren’t working. She’s...

32 days my mums been in ICU they’ve said they’re no longer going to give her ant...

•11 months ago

Delirium

Hi My mom is having ICU delirium symptom does anyone has someone or yourselves went through ICU caused delirium and if you did how long did last in your...

Hi My mom is having ICU delirium symptom does anyone has someone or yourselves...

•11 months ago

sleep and feet?

Hi My dad recently come home after 3 weeks, 6 days on life support. He’s having trouble sleeping, I’ve asked if he’s having weird dreams or anything like that...

Hi My dad recently come home after 3 weeks, 6 days on life support. He’s having...

•11 months ago

update husband : second surgery

Hi My husband is still in on opus after a TBI. He has been responding to pain but today starting responding abnormally. They took him for a brain scan and...

Hi My husband is still in on opus after a TBI. He has been responding to pain b...

•11 months ago

my mom in icu

hi! So my mom got intubated 9 days ago, she was sedated a few days, then it was turned back, so we could wake her and she would answer our ?s with head nods,...

hi! So my mom got intubated 9 days ago, she was sedated a few days, then it was ...

•1 year ago

Male family experiences of a Prolonged disorders of Consciousness - Participants needed for research study.

Hello Everyone, I'm a trainee Clinical Psychologist conducting research on Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC). People who have a family member with...

Hello Everyone, I'm a trainee Clinical Psychologist conducting research on Prol...

•1 year ago

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11 months on.

Hiya,I was in a coma in jan-march for mixed overdose, CLABSI, cellulitis, gangrene to left thigh, sepsis, multi organ failure, end stage renal failure/on...

Hiya,I was in a coma in jan-march for mixed overdose, CLABSI, cellulitis, gangre...

•1 year ago

Off Ĺìfe Support

It's ɓeèn 4 weeks tòday since my close friend suffered TBI'S in a hit and run accident He's finally off life support but still hasn't woken up yet

It's ɓeèn 4 weeks tòday since my close friend suffered TBI'S in a hit and run ac...

•1 year ago

intro / husband in critical care

Hi My husband has a road accident on 24/11 suffered an tbi and is currently in critical care. He has been off sedation since about the 27/11 but is still...

Hi My husband has a road accident on 24/11 suffered an tbi and is currently in ...

•1 year ago

What happened next

My relative recently took an overdose of amitryptline an awful lot of it, when I found him was unresponsive with no pulse and a respiratory rate of 2bpm....

My relative recently took an overdose of amitryptline an awful lot of it, when I...

•1 year ago

Update

Hi all. It has been 3 yrs now since my brother came out of ICU and then to a ward and into a home to clear space in Hospital during Covid. Unfortunately his...

Hi all. It has been 3 yrs now since my brother came out of ICU and then to a war...

•1 year ago

Second stint in ICU and afraid

Hi all. I have just got home after my second time in ICU in the last 4years. The first time was in 2019. I had a chest infection that turned into penumonia...

Hi all. I have just got home after my second time in ICU in the last 4years. The...

•1 year ago

Improvement

My close friend is now nearly off sedation and breathing on his own at last. Dr's have told us that this is good progress and when the sedation is completely...

My close friend is now nearly off sedation and breathing on his own at last. Dr'...

•1 year ago