Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM where
we instantly improve the lives for Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care, so that you can make informed decisions, have PEACE OF MIND, real power, real control and so that you can influence decision making fast, even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
This is another episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED“ and in last week’s episode I answered another question from our readers and the question last week was
My Mom has ventilator associated Pneumonia and is on the ventilator in Intensive Care! I don’t want her to have a tracheostomy,
will she cope being extubated and on BIPAP? (PART1)
You can check out last week’s episode by clicking on the link here.
In this week’s episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED“, I want to do the follow up from PART 1 of this 1:1 phone counselling and consulting session with our reader Mandy and therefore this week’s episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” will be PART 2 of
My Mom has ventilator associated Pneumonia and is on the ventilator in Intensive Care! I don’t
want her to have a tracheostomy, will she cope being extubated and on BIPAP? (PART 2)
Many send in some feedback after our initial 1:1 phone counselling and consulting session and it’s pretty clear from her feedback that she was very happy
and that my strategies work.
Mandy writes
Hi Patrik,
Thank you for your consulting session, it helped a lot! Without your help, I wouldn’t have been able to advocate for my mother and the doctors would have done it their way, which I didn’t agree with!
I followed your
advice and I pushed for my mother to be extubated (=removal of the breathing tube).
My mother has been extubated yesterday and is now on 2 liters of oxygen. I followed your advice and my instinct, and pursued extubation after the Pneumonia resolved.
Advocating for her to CPAP was also crucial. Following that, I went to the attending physician and asked that she be extubated, go on BIPAP and so far only an oxygen mask has been needed.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your consultation. I would be
very happy to provide a testimonial.
While I resented being in this battle, I am happy that I was able to execute what she would want. Thank you again!
Mandy!
Here is my response!
Hi Mandy,
that’s great news and thank
you for your feedback!
I was very happy to advice you and it only shows once again that families in Intensive Care need to listen to what their gut and instinct is telling them!
If you think your Mom is going to be OK with being extubated (=removal of the breathing tube) AFTER you have done your research and after you have spoken to me, it only goes to show that you were on the right track, irrespective of what the Intensive Care team has been telling you.
Recommended:
Most families in Intensive Care- in fact 99% of the families in Intensive Care – don’t do their own research, they don’t listen to their gut and their instincts and they therefore can’t make informed decisions, get peace of mind, control, power and
influence!
Very few families in Intensive Care have the guts to stand their ground, do their own research, challenge the Intensive Care team and advocate for their critically ill loved one!
They remain intimidated by the “perceived power” and the “perceived influence” of the Intensive Care team and you have proven- like many other families in Intensive Care who follow my advice and who come
to INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM – that you can be the master of your critically ill loved one’s fate and destiny!
Well done!
You are now officially a 1 percenter and it wasn’t all that difficult!
As I keep saying over and over again, Intensive Care teams have their own self-interest as their main driver first and foremost and if you and your
family don’t understand what’s happening “BEHIND THE SCENES” in Intensive Care you are literally doomed!
I hope your mother will be out of Intensive Care soon!
Please let me know if you need anything else or if you have any other questions!
