3 ways on HOW TO TURN THE TABLES IN YOUR FAVOUR& have control, power&influence whilst your loved one is in ICU
Published: Fri, 01/31/14
control, power and influence whilst your loved one is critically
ill in Intensive Care
Hi, it's Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM , where we
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've shown you "The 3 things you
didn't know that are happening behind the scenes, whilst your
loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care, but you must know if
you want to have control, power and influence!" You can read,
watch or listen to the blog by clicking on the link here.
http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=4820
In this week's blog, I want to show you another powerful tip
and powerful strategy that helps you to have more control, power
and influence and in this week, you will discover
"The 3 ways on how to turn the tables in your favour and have
control, power and influence whilst your loved one is critically
ill in Intensive Care!"
Fear, frustration, stress, struggle, challenge, the feeling of
vulnerability, loss of control, the feeling of powerlessness and
the lack of influence are all things you can resonate with if your
loved one has been admitted to Intensive Care for critical illness.
Furthermore, you feel like the Intensive Care team is talking over
you and at you, but not really with you and neither are they
interested in getting your view of the situation.
Nor can or will they empathize with what you and the rest of your
Family are really going through. This is hard to swallow and you
can feel your world is tumbling down and you can see that other
people are driving the bus and that bus is going in a direction
that you have absolutely no control over...
Not a good position to be in.
You feel like the Intensive Care team has all the power or
that's at least your perception of the situation. The Intensive
Care team has already, directly or indirectly told you that they
are wielding all the power, control and influence in this situation
and the Intensive Care team really treats you as a passive
bystander of the situation.
That's how the Intensive Care team is framing the situation and
if you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in
Intensive Care you buy into that frame of mind and you wind up
having no control, no power and no influence and the Intensive Care
team continues to drive the bus and they make sure that you
can't even look at the steering wheel.
What do I mean by this? I mean that the Intensive Care team has an
agenda and that agenda is driven by the things that are happening
"behind the scenes" in Intensive Care. Their agenda is
driven by the psychology, by the power games, by the intrigue and
by the politics in an Intensive Care Unit...
Your biggest weapon is to be vigilant and alert!
This is particularly true if your critically ill loved one is in a
critical and dire situation. This is also particularly true if the
situation of your critically ill loved one is an uncertain and life
threatening situation and it's also true if your critically ill
loved one might be in a situation where a long-term stay in
Intensive Care is on the horizon.
That's when the Intensive Care team has an agenda and
that's when you need to carefully listen what the Intensive
Care team is telling you and what they are not telling you.
That's the time when you and your Family need to position
yourself correctly and that's the time when you need to start
asking questions. What type of questions?
I'm glad you've asked.
Now, if you are like 99% of Families of critically ill Patients in
Intensive Care you won't ask any questions, you won't
position yourself correctly and the Intensive Care team will drive
their agenda forward, regardless.
Unless you belong into that 1% bracket of Families of critically
ill Patients in Intensive Care who actually do ask questions and
position themselves correctly and strongly and have an agenda
themselves, which actually is the best interest of your critically
ill loved one.
Those 1% of Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care
are actually able "To turn the tables in their favour and have
control, power and influence whilst their loved one is critically
ill in Intensive Care!"
How do you do that? How can you turn the tables in your favour,
whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care?
You will turn the tables in your favour whilst your loved one is
critically ill in Intensive Care if you follow those 3 steps.
Number one:
Do your own research. Don't be intimidated by the Intensive
Care team and don't think that just because they are doctors
and nurses that they know it all. If your loved one is critically
ill in Intensive Care and if you have been told that your
critically ill loved one's situation is life threatening and
that your loved one might not survive their stay in Intensive Care
or if the Intensive Care team is telling you that a
"withdrawal of treatment" or a "limitation of
treatment" is "in the best interest" of your
critically ill loved one, you need to question those very
assumptions of the Intensive Care team.
Your job is to find out whether the clinical reality warrants for
the Intensive Care team to suggest a "withdrawal of
treatment" or whether the Intensive Care team's
positioning of your critically ill loved one's prognosis and
diagnosis is dependent onOther admissions waiting for precious and
scarce ICU bedsThe financial viability of your critically ill loved
one's treatment and stay in Intensive Care(scream "good vs
bad business case")The Intensive Care team has a negative
mindset and doesn't believe in the recovery of your critically
ill loved one.
Some Intensive Care Units, depending on their culture(positive vs
negative) are prepared "to do whatever it takes" to get
your critically ill loved one on their way to recovery, whereas
other ICU's are negative and are not prepared to do
"whatever it takes".
Your job is to find out, why the Intensive Care team is suggesting
what they are suggesting and you can do that by
Number two:
CONTINUE READING HERE and discover all three points
http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=4876
Also, check out our "YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED" section
where I answer all your questions! In this week I answer
"How long will my critically ill loved one in an induced coma
for after a brain or head injury?"
http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=4883
If you want your questions answered just email me at
support@intensivecarehotline.com and I'll answer your questions!
Also keep an eye out for our upcoming product launch in the next
couple of months! We are just in the middle of finalizing our first
product that will help Families of critically ill Patients deal
with and take control of most situations in Intensive Care, even if
their loved one is dying! I will tell you more in the next couple
of weeks. If you have any questions about our upcoming products or
if you have any suggestions please let me know at
support@intensivecarehotline.com