recovery – ICUunwrapped

If a person’s heart is restarted after a cardiac arrest (heart stoppage) it is common […]

Patients are usually admitted to a cardiac surgery ward the day before their operation, where they […]

Who are the CCOT? The Critical Care Outreach Team are a group of specially trained […]

Intensive care supports failing organ systems whilst a patient’s underlying illness is diagnosed and treated. Although intensive care […]

What is delirium? Delirium is a state of acute confusion and is very common in […]

Leaving intensive care is an important milestone in a patient’s ongoing recovery but it can […]

Leaving ICU is the first step in what will be a long recovery. Some patients […]

Leeds Teaching Hospitals run an ICU follow-up outpatient clinic. Anyone who has spent 4 days […]

Once home, it is often easy to forget how unwell you have been and expect […]

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