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ICU Advocacy That Saves Lives: Real Testimonials from Families of Critically Ill Patients
Today, I want to focus on two testimonials that
we had recently from clients and members, and I want to read them out.
My name is Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com, where we instantly improve the lives of families of critically ill patients in intensive care so that you can make informed decisions, have peace of mind, control, power, and influence—even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse in intensive
care—so that your loved one gets best care and treatment always.
So, in the last week or so, I had two testimonials from existing clients and members. One was from Cassandra, who sent me an article about organ donation, which I will tell you separately in a separate video, and she says:
“Hi
Patrik, I thought you might be interested in this article. My sister is still doing okay. We found out that the nurse’s station had her driver’s license the entire time. She was listed as an organ donor. No wonder they wanted to make her DNR (Do Not Resuscitate). No doubt that you and your team saved her life with your consulting and
advocacy.”
This was a lady who went into ICU last year. I vividly remember the same story over and over again where ICU said, “Well, she won’t survive. She shouldn’t survive because she won’t have any quality of life.” She had pneumonia, she was very sick, and the ICU didn’t want to do a tracheostomy.
We advocated for a tracheostomy—I should say, we successfully advocated for a tracheostomy—because that’s just what we do. We get success and we get results for our clients because we understand intensive care inside out.
We know what buttons to push. We know how to talk to doctors and nurses directly. We know how to help you talk
to ICUs directly to get results. No other organizations worldwide can do what we do.
So, that was one testimonial. Obviously, her sister is doing well.
The other testimonial is actually a very short one. It was a very insightful one.
I spoke to the member the other day. They had their loved one moved from an ICU to an LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) in the U.S., and they wanted to get access to the medical records. So, he calls me up and he said what should he do. I said, “Well, here’s what you do. You get access to the medical
records.”. And he sends me an email after that. He says:
“I have to tell you, Patrik, your phone call the other day was very empowering. Thank you so much for that phone call.”
It’s quite simple what he
says, but the reality also is that I understand that families in intensive care are so beaten down. They get all this doom and gloom and negativity from intensive
care teams that helps intensive care teams to stay in control of the narrative, first and foremost.
And if you don’t know what to do, if you don’t know how to act, if you don’t know how to position yourself, you are like 99% of families in intensive care who don’t make informed decisions, who don’t have peace of mind, who don’t have power,
who don’t have control, and who don’t have influence.
So, you’ve got to do something extremely different.
Number one: you need to do your research.
Number two: you need to get professional help and advice, like we provide here at
intensivecarehotline.com, because we understand inside out how ICUs and hospitals operate. We give you all the tools, tips, and strategies to turn things around in your favor.
If you are in an impossible situation—and that’s what it is. If you’re having a family member in intensive care, you’re quite literally in an impossible situation.
Here’s a famous quote from Anthony Greenbank from The Book of Survival:
“To live through an impossible situation, you don’t need the reflexes of a Grand Prix driver, the muscles of a Hercules, the mind of an Einstein. You simply need to know what to do.”
And that is what escapes 99% of families of critically ill patients in intensive care—they simply don’t know what to do.
But the good news is, you come to us here at intensivecarehotline.com and we’ll show you exactly what to do. You can see that we’re getting results on our testimonials section—hundreds of testimonials—and on our podcast section where we’ve done client interviews.
I have worked in critical care nursing for 25 years in three different countries where I worked as a nurse manager for over 5 years in intensive care. I’ve been consulting and advocating for families in intensive care since 2013 here at intensivecarehotline.com. I can very confidently say that we have
saved many lives with our consulting and advocacy because of our insights. You can verify that on our testimonial section at intensivecarehotline.com. You can verify it on our intensivecarehotline.com podcast section where we have done client interviews because our advice is absolutely life changing.
The biggest challenge for families in intensive care is simply that they don’t know what they don’t know. They don’t know what to look for. They don’t know what questions to ask. They don’t know their rights, and they don’t know how to manage doctors and nurses in intensive care.
That’s why we help you to improve your life instantly, making sure you make informed decisions, have peace of mind, control, power, and influence, making sure your loved one gets best care and treatment always. That’s why you can join a growing number of members and clients that we have helped over the years, saving their loved ones’ lives.
That’s why I do one on one consulting and advocacy over the phone, Zoom, WhatsApp, whichever medium works best for you. I talk to you and your families directly. I handhold you through this once in a lifetime
situation that you simply cannot afford to get wrong. When I talk to families directly, I also talk to doctors and nurses directly, asking all the questions that you haven’t even considered asking but must be asked when you have a loved one critically ill in intensive care.
I also represent you in family meetings with intensive care teams.
We also do medical record reviews in real time, so that you can get a second opinion in real time. We also do medical record reviews after intensive care if in case you have unanswered questions,
if you need closure, or if you are suspecting medical negligence.
We also have a membership for families of critically ill patients in intensive care, and you can become a member if you go to intensivecarehotline.com, if you click on the membership link, or if you go to intensivecaresupport.org directly. In the membership, you have access to me and my team, 24 hours a day, in the membership area and via email, and we answer all questions intensive care related. In the membership, you also have exclusive access to 21 eBooks and 21 videos that I have personally written and
recorded. All of that will help you to improve your life instantly, make informed decisions, have peace of mind, control, power and influence, making sure your loved one gets best care and treatment always.
All of that you get at intensivecarehotline.com. Call us on one of the numbers on the top of our website or simply send us an email to
support@intensivecarehotline.com with your questions.
If you like my videos, subscribe to my YouTube channel for regular
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Thank you so
much for watching.
This is Patrik Hutzel from intensivecarehotline.com and I will talk to you in a few days.
Take care for now.
