What you need to do in the first few hours after your loved one has been admitted to Intensive Care
Published: Tue, 10/29/13
instantly improve the lives of Families of critically ill Patients
in Intensive Care, so that you can have real power, real control
and so that you can influence decision making, even if you're
not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
In last week's blog I was showing you "The 6 phrases you
should never say when your loved one is critically ill in Intensive
Care". You can read the blog here if you haven't read it.
In this week's blog I want to show you "What you need to
do in the first few hours after your loved one has been admitted to
Intensive Care".
There are very few occasions in life that leave you more
frightened, more stressed, more vulnerable and more overwhelmed
after you have found out that one of your loved Family members has
been admitted to Intensive Care.
Admission to Intensive Care is one of the most stressful events in
life for Patients and their Families!
On the stress scale "Change in health of a family member"
has been rated with 44 out of 100 stress points and it ranks
amongst the top 10 of the most stressful life events! And if your
loved one's health is in jeopardy in Intensive Care and if you
haven't been pre-warned that your loved one is facing a health
crisis in Intensive Care, you're most likely out of your
comfort zone. You feel challenged, frightened, stressed and you
feel like other people are running the show and you feel excluded
from the decision making process.
It's therefore absolutely critical and crucial that you know
what you need to do, after you have found out that your loved one
is critically ill in Intensive Care!
Know that you're not alone and help is at hand!
First of all, you need to know that you're not alone and you
need to know that most Families of critically ill Patients in
Intensive Care feel out of control, out of their comfort zone,
stressed and vulnerable after their loved one has been admitted to
Intensive Care for critical illness.
The difference between the Families that get through the experience
and the challenge of having a loved one critically ill in Intensive
Care fine and the difference between the Families who struggle
through the experience is that the Families who get through the
experience fine and come out even stronger at the other end are the
ones who seek help and they are the ones who generally realize that
support for Families in Intensive Care is limited for a number of
reasons! They therefore seek out external resources such as
INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM. By seeking out help and resources you
will also be able to have control, power and influence and
you're not at the mercy of the Intensive Care team.
You need to get to the bottom of it all!
Your first task, after your loved one has been admitted to
Intensive Care is to find out how
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