Key Takeaways The hospital care team will include doctors, nurses, rehabilitation experts, care managers, and social workers. It may be challenging to keep track of who your loved one meets and what role they play in their care. Write down questions or concerns so you...
Key Takeaways Your time in the ICU may be overwhelming and raise questions, as there will be multiple machines, monitors, tubes, and catheters attached to your loved one. Your loved one may not require all of them, depending on how sick they are and their specific...
Key Takeaways Cooling treatments are usually started on cardiac arrest survivors shortly after they have gotten their pulse back and if they remain unconscious and unresponsive. This prevents the brain from having more damage. It sometimes involves dropping the body...
Key Takeaways Despite successful immediate and hospital-based treatments, your loved one may not wake up immediately or at all. Clinicians use various means to predict a neurological prognosis reliably. These include imaging studies, blood tests, and EEG along with...
Key Takeaways ICU delirium is a common phenomenon, and being on artificial breathing support, dementia, old age, and certain medical conditions increase the risk of experiencing it. There are multiple measures implemented to address delirium, and they include...
