How to make sure that "what you see is always what you get" whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care
Published: Tue, 06/25/13
weekly update. This week I want to let you know 'How to make sure
that "what you see is always what you get" whilst your loved one is
critically ill in Intensive Care'. Let's get into it.
In many situations in life, you'll hear people saying "what you see
is what you get". You hear it in business conversations when people
talk about products or services and you might hear it when people
talk about other people. It's quite a common statement.
But what about Intensive Care? Is what you see really what you
get? Have you ever asked or wondered?
I personally think that after many years working in Intensive Care
that a lot of Families in ICU are not even contemplating to ask
this critical question, whether what you actually see is what you
get.
I have found that most families of critically ill Patients in
Intensive Care are so frustrated, fearful, overwhelmed and also
often in awe of what is happening all around them that they can't
even think clear and they are therefore paralyzed by fear.
Because they are paralyzed by fear, frustrated and overwhelmed they
often don't give a thought that what you see is actually often not
what you get.
What if their critically ill loved one's treatment is impacted by
Hospital politics? What if their critically ill loved one's
prognosis and treatment is impacted by the moving parts in the
background of such a big machinery like Intensive Care?
What if this big machinery with the name of Intensive Care and its
moving parts sometimes doesn't take into consideration the fears,
frustrations, the overwhelm and the struggles that Families of
critically ill Patients in Intensive Care are going through?
What if the positioning of the doctors and the nurses in Intensive
Care is sometimes contrary to what the Family of a critically ill
Patient in Intensive Care wants? What if sometimes
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Patrik Hutzel
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