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https://intensivecarehotline.com/questions/tracheostomy-weaning-ventilator-intensive-care-long-can-take/ TRACHEOSTOMY AND WEANING OFF THE VENTILATOR IN INTENSIVE CARE, HOW LONG CAN IT TAKE? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Here are the phone options One day 1:1 FACE-TO-FACE consulting for US $40,000 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-face-to-face-consulting-us/ 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $6,599 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirdy-days-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $3,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $2,599 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for US $499 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only US $199/ month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/membership-us/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare Hi it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME where we provide tailor made solutions for long-term ventilated Adults& Children with Tracheostomies by improving their Quality of life and where we also provide tailor made solutions to hospitals and Intensive Care Units to save money and resources, whilst providing Quality Care! In the last blog I answered a question from one of our readers of our blog and the question last week was My 73 year old Mom had a stroke and is intubated in Intensive Care. She can’t come off the ventilator and the breathing tube, can she have a tracheostomy and go home and have INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME? You can check out last week’s episode by clicking on the link here. In this week’s blog I want to answer another question that we get quite frequently from our readers and also from clients who want to or take up our service INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME and the question this week is TRACHEOSTOMY AND WEANING OFF THE VENTILATOR IN ICU, HOW LONG CAN IT TAKE? It’s a great question to ask, especially for anyone who has a loved one in Intensive Care on a ventilator with tracheostomy whether it be an adult, child or even a toddler. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/tracheostomy-weaning-off-ventilator-intensive-care-long-can-take/#:~:text=The%20frequency%20that%20your%20loved,goes%20well%20and%20as%20planned.

INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME is Now Providing Level 2 and Level 3 NDIS Support Coordination! Part 2 Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare

INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME is Now Providing Level 2 and Level 3 NDIS Specialist Support Coordination! Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare

How to Use BiPAP Ventilation with Tracheostomy at Home? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline

Does INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME Provide Tracheostomy Care at Home with Tracheostomy Competent Nurses? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline

https://intensivecarehotline.com/blog/can-my-mom-go-home-on-a-ventilator-tracheostomy-and-dialysis-with-intensive-care-at-home/ Can My Mom Go Home on a Ventilator, Tracheostomy and Dialysis with Intensive Care at Home? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Here are the phone options One day 1:1 FACE-TO-FACE consulting for US $40,000 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-face-to-face-consulting-us/ 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $6,599 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirdy-days-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $3,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $2,599 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for US $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for US $499 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only US $199/ month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/membership-us/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb

https://intensivecareathome.com/im-having-b-cell-lymphoma-tracheostomy-nodules-in-my-lungs-do-i-have-surgery-or-palliative-care/ I'm Having B-Cell Lymphoma, Tracheostomy& Nodules in My Lungs, Do I Have Surgery or Palliative Care? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline . Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. And where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units whilst providing quality services for long-term ventilated patients and medically-complex patients at home, including Home TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), Home BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), Home CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and also for adults and children that are at home with a tracheostomy but are not ventilated. Now, in today’s video blog, I want to answer a quick question from one of our readers, John. John is 85 years of age. He says, “I have been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, and since then, I’ve had two tumors on my lung. Now I have a nodule on my right lung and a nodule on my tracheostomy. And I have been having a tracheostomy for the last two years. I’m 85. Should I have surgery or should I just go home and have palliative care?” Now, John, I am very sorry to hear about your situation and it’s a very difficult question to answer here and, I am not an oncologist. I am not a cancer specialist here or you probably need some involvement from a cardiothoracic surgeon. You probably need some input from ENT, from oncology, to see what your next steps are. Now, from a care perspective, if you do have surgery and then you need to go home potentially with a tracheostomy or on a ventilator, Intensive Care at Home is certainly the right place to do that. Or even if you want to go home and not have surgery and just have palliative care at home, once again, Intensive Care at Home is the right service to choose because we have provided palliative care to many similar clients than yourself to go home for end-of-life care with a tracheostomy sometimes on a ventilator, and they might have end-stage cancer. But the most important part here is what do you want? Do you want to spend more time in a hospital? Do you want to take the risk of surgery? I can’t answer the question for you. But what I can offer you is one way or another that you don’t want to spend time in a hospital, which is evident from your email and you want to go home, whether that’s after surgery or going home without surgery for palliative care one way or another we can help you with that by sending our intensive care nurses to you, and your family making sure you don’t need to go back to hospital and have quality of life and quality of end of life at home in the comfort of your own home. I really hope that answers your question. I know that’s a very difficult situation for you John. And it takes careful consideration for you to make a decision. I encourage you to reach out to us here at intensivecareathome.com. Give us a call on one of the numbers on the top of our website or send us an email to info@intensivecarehotline.com. So we can look into your situation further and guide you through it step by step. Now, if you have a family member in intensive care on long-term ventilation, tracheostomy, BiPAP, CPAP ventilation, Home TPN or TPN requirements, IV electrolyte infusion requirements such as potassium, magnesium, IV antibiotics. You should reach out to us because we can help you get your loved one out of intensive care as quickly as possible. And help you there, if you’re at home already and you have insufficient support. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/im-having-b-cell-lymphoma-tracheostomy-nodules-in-my-lungs-do-i-have-surgery-or-palliative-care/

https://intensivecareathome.com/how-to-get-evidence-based-care-and-treatment-at-home-for-long-term-ventilated-patients-with-tracheostomy-and-other-medically-complex-patients/ How to get evidence based care and treatment at home for long-term ventilated patients with tracheostomy and other medically complex patients! Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline All of our clients at intensive care at home without exception would have been either in ICU or PICU in a hospital for extended periods because of their ventilation and/or tracheostomy needs. We also look after some clients at home that are not ventilated but still have spent extended and prolonged periods in ICU/PICU for significant medical complexities that warrants for them to have a team of ICU/PICU nurses 24/7 at home. They often have neurological conditions with seizures that require unstable airway management at times. Unstable airway management is a skill that only critical care (ICU/PICU/ED) trained doctors or nurses have. In order to improve our clients and their families quality of life/quality of end of life quickly, the only way is to get them out of intensive care back home with the same level of skills and expertise than they get in ICU/PICU. In essence, intensive care at home provides an evidence based intensive care substitution service with the primary goal to improve our clients and their families quality of life. This also achieves many other goals that our other stakeholders want to achieve It frees up in-demand and highly sought after ICU/PICU beds It frees up in demand ICU/PICU staff to look after other critically ill Patients in ICU/PICU It reduces the cost of the most expensive hospital bed by approximately 50%. The $5,000-$6,000 per bed day ICU/PICU now only costs half by sending ICU/PICU nurses into the home. It gives long-term ICU/PICU patients and their families choice In order to provide such highly specialised ICU/PICU care at home we have developed and created a 3rd party accredited (ISO 9001/2015 and NDIS) quality system that enables us to deliver a high quality intensive care nursing service in the home. The quality manual is not only 3rd party certified and accredited, it is also evidence based. https://intensivecareathome.com/accreditationquality/ For example, whilst intensive care at home is a relatively new concept in Australia, we have not reinvented the wheel. Since the late 1990’s and the early 2000’s long-term intensive care patients have been going home in Germany on a regular basis. Current estimations are suggesting that approximately 25,000 patients are at home on life support with ventilation and tracheostomy in Germany keeping ICU/PICU empty for more acutely unwell patients needing critical care. Because Germany is still the leading country in the world when it comes to intensive care at home services, a lot of thought and research has gone into the model of safe service delivery. It is of no surprise that the only way services can be safely delivered at home for long-term ICU/PICU patients is with ICU/PICU nurses with a minimum of two years ICU/PICU experience, ideally with a postgraduate qualification. This is documented and evidenced by the mechanical home ventilation guidelines. The mechanical home ventilation guidelines is a result of over 20 years intensive care at home services in Germany. We have published the mechanical home ventilation guidelines on our website here. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/how-to-get-evidence-based-care-and-treatment-at-home-for-long-term-ventilated-patients-with-tracheostomy-and-other-medically-complex-patients/

https://intensivecareathome.com/my-father-is-quadriplegic-needed-a-tracheostomy-whats-the-safest-way-to-get-him-home/ My Father is Quadriplegic & Needed a Tracheostomy. What's the Safest Way to Get Him Home? Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term, ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. And where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units whilst providing quality services for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheotomies, which also includes patients at home that have a tracheostomy and are not ventilated. It includes adults and children at home that are BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) and CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) needs. It includes Home TPN (total parenteral nutrition), Home IV electrolyte infusions, Home IV antibiotics and anyone who’s medically complex, we can serve at home. So anyone who needs intensive care long-term can go home with our service if they’re medically stable, but they are on life support. So in today’s blog, I want to answer a question from Anita and she says, “My father is in intensive care. He’s been a quadriplegic for a long time, but now he’s got a tracheostomy. He was living at home independently. But now with the tracheostomy, he needs 24-hour nursing care at home. We need someone that can manage a tracheostomy safely at home because we fear he’s at risk of dying or going back to ICU if we send him home without support.” Yeah, Anita, you’re right on the money here. And, this is what our service does, Intensive Care at Home. We are looking after patients at home that have a tracheostomy and we’re looking after them at home 24 hours a day because with critical care nurses or with intensive care nurses with a minimum of two years ICU or critical care nursing experience, because that is what is needed and is also evidence-based. So, you already know that your dad is at high risk of potentially dying with a tracheostomy, especially if he’s a quadriplegic and he can’t maintain his own airway. And he can’t manage his own airway in case of a medical emergency, which can happen at any given time with a tracheostomy. So, when you look on our website at intensivecareathome.com, there’s a section called the Mechanical Home Ventilation Guidelines and you will see that it’s documented in those evidence-based guidelines that anyone at home with a tracheostomy, ventilation, needs a critical care nurse with a minimum of two year’s critical care nursing experience 24-hours a day to keep them at home predictably and safely more importantly. So, what I’m saying, here is evidence-based. You won’t see anybody else talking about what’s evidence-based. So, case in point we know of many participants or clients in the home that have died because they didn’t have evidence-based care, they didn’t have critical care nurses at home. And clearly either family members, disability support workers, or even general registered nurses without intensive care experience, that could not manage a medical emergency with the tracheostomy and clients have passed away because of that. So I’m talking from decades of experience here. What can happen in the home if you’re not having the appropriate care for your father? So, I hope that answers your question. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/my-father-is-quadriplegic-needed-a-tracheostomy-whats-the-safest-way-to-get-him-home/

How Much Does it Cost to Bring a Patient on Life Support Home and be Cared for at Home? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $3,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirty-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $499 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for $249 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-11-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only $97/month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare

https://intensivecareathome.com/is-it-true-that-patients-with-neuron-motor-disease-with-tracheostomy-have-a-better-quality-of-life-at-home-rather-than-in-icu/ Is it True that Patients with Neuron Motor Disease with Tracheostomy have a better Quality of Life at Home Rather than in ICU? Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Hi it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME where we provide tailor made solutions for long-term ventilated Adults & Children with Tracheostomies whilst providing quality care and where we also provide tailor made solutions for hospitals and Intensive Care Units to save money and resources where we provide win-win situations for all of our stakeholders and clients. In today’s blog, I want to focus more on motor neuron disease patients and truth if they have a tracheostomy or not. So after having worked in intensive care and also with intensive care at home for over 20 years, I have found very different approaches when it comes to tracheostomies for MND or motor neuron disease clients. When I first started working with intensive care at home in Germany over 20 years ago, we were looking after many MND clients at home that had a tracheostomy and they overall reported a very good quality of life or quality of end of life at home rather than spending time in ICU or being denied a tracheostomy in the first place and basically often dying a long and painful death on non invasive ventilation such as BIPAP or CPAP. The best example to give you there is probably Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking lived with MND for decades on a ventilator with a tracheostomy and look at his contribution to science and to humanity. And he really lived life to the fullest, even though he had many perceived limitations with MND, he was paralysed, ventilated and had a tracheostomy. So with intensive care at home with what we’re currently doing, we’re also having some clients with MND on ventilation with tracheostomies. But unfortunately, my experience here in Australia is that, not many patients with MND actually get offered a tracheostomy. And I believe, there is clearly some misinformation for patients that suffer from MND because very few MND patients get offered a tracheostomy. This is wrong on all levels and MND patients need to be given a choice. As the disease is progressing and the ability to breathe is fading away MND patients need to be offered a tracheostomy and ventilation so they can actually have a choice to prolong their life and go home with a service like intensive care at home. Continue reading at: https://intensivecareathome.com/is-it-true-that-patients-with-neuron-motor-disease-with-tracheostomy-have-a-better-quality-of-life-at-home-rather-than-in-icu/

https://intensivecareathome.com/dads-on-the-ventilator-has-guillain-barre-syndrome-in-icu-for-many-months-can-he-go-home-instead/ Dad's on the Ventilator& has Guillaine-Barre Syndrome in ICU for Many Months!Can He Go Home Instead? Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies and also for patients on BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), non-invasive ventilation and also where we provide home care for complex patients including Home TPN (total parenteral nutrition), Home IV infusions, Home IV potassium infusions and so forth. We provide tailor-made solutions for our clients but also for hospitals and intensive care units whilst providing quality care for our clients. Now, in today’s video blog, I want to answer a question from one of our readers who says my father is on the ventilator with tracheostomy and immobile. He has Guillain-Barre Syndrome and he’s in ICU. The ICU says he will be in ICU for many months. Can he go home instead with Intensive Care at Home? The short answer to this is an absolute yes. I have looked after so many patients in intensive care with Guillain-Barre Syndrome that are there for many months on end to be weaned off the ventilator often successfully, but it takes a lot of time. Patients are in ICU in an environment that’s not conducive to recovery. It’s not a holistic environment. It’s an environment that is noisy, loud. There’s no natural daylight. The lights are on all day long, 24 hours a day. There’s people running around 24 hours a day. It’s not a conducive environment for someone who needs long-term intensive care, which is what’s happening with all Guillain-Barre patients when they are in ICU on a ventilator with a tracheostomy, they need long-term intensive care to get them off the ventilator. And that’s when Intensive Care at Home is a really good solution. We have provided hundreds of thousands of hours at home with Intensive Care at Home, looking after ventilated and tracheostomy, adults and children and your father will be in very good hands. And if you are in ICU watching this, I can assure you your patients will be in very good hands with Intensive Care at Home because we’re bringing the expertise in our client’s home. More importantly, we can free up your ICU bed that is in high demand. That can be used for someone that’s critically unwell. Whereas a long-term patient, can be moved home. Now, if you are an NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) support coordinator watching this, and you have a patient with Guillain-Barre or a participant with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and you don’t know how to go about funding for NDIS, for nursing care, in particular for specialized nursing care for patients to go home from intensive care. Please contact us as well because we can walk you through the process. Or if you are looking for an NDIS support coordinator, or a specialist NDIS support coordinator, please contact us as well. We have our own NDIS support coordinator here at Intensive Care at Home and we can help with the advocacy with the NDIS as well. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/dads-on-the-ventilator-has-guillain-barre-syndrome-in-icu-for-many-months-can-he-go-home-instead/

https://intensivecareathome.com/words-cannot-express-how-much-i-love-working-for-intensive-care-at-home-my-role-is-not-only-to-keep-my-patients-safe-but-to-aid-in-increasing-their-quality-of-life/ Words Cannot Express How Much I Love Working for Intensive Care at Home. My Role is Not Only to Keep my Patient’s Safe But to Aid in Increasing their Quality of Life Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $3,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirty-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $499 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for $249 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-11-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only $97/month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Hi Patrik, Thank you very much for getting this to me, and moreover thank you for the very kind words! I remember when Patrik and Cathy interviewed me for almost two hours asking patient specific questions to see if I would fit for ICAH and I left feeling like that was the most difficult interview I’d been in, however I got a call days later with a job offer from Patrik. I was so excited and still feel quite lucky that I was given the opportunity. Working with ICAH was my first introduction to healthcare in Australia and it was the most influential, difficult and beautiful and intimate jobs I’ve ever encountered. I learned to drive in Australia through ICAH, learned to know the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland, the Melbourne CBD; learned to deal with intense social dynamics of families and learned that to understand those dynamics comes a great deal of empathy and love. Most importantly, I learned to care deeply for the ICAH patients and families I was privileged to care for: Mary and Ava, Lianne, April, Kaye, and RJ, Carol and Jeff and her family and Paul and family and beautiful little Sarah. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/words-cannot-express-how-much-i-love-working-for-intensive-care-at-home-my-role-is-not-only-to-keep-my-patients-safe-but-to-aid-in-increasing-their-quality-of-life/

Intensive Care at Home Now in India! Meet Rajiv Mathur from Critical Care Unified Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb #icu #intensivecare #criticalcare

https://intensivecareathome.com/will-a-tracheostomy-and-ventilation-work-in-the-community/ Will a Tracheostomy and Ventilation Work in the Community? Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are. Thank you for coming onto this livestream. My name is Patrik Hutzel, and I’m your host of today’s livestream. If you’re watching this in replay, I want to welcome you as well. So, this is another Intensive Care at Home livestream. Today’s livestream is about, “Will a tracheostomy and ventilation work in the community?” So, coming back to a couple of topics from the last two live streams, the first topic that I talked about in this series was, “Will a tracheostomy work?”, and this is a question we get quite frequently from families in intensive care, is a tracheostomy going to work? I broke that down in much detail a couple of weeks ago, and you can go back to that livestream. It would be now being published here on the YouTube channel of course, but also now in our intensivecareathome.com website. So this is a question we get quite frequently, is a tracheostomy going to work? I broke it down in much detail on that live stream a couple of weeks ago, and I explained it when a tracheostomy is working in ICU, what’s the purpose? I explained in much detail that a tracheostomy in ICU should always be temporary, but obviously, there are outliers, there are exceptions to the rules, which then led me to my next YouTube live about this specific topic, which was last week, where I talked about, “Is a tracheostomy going to work in the community?” I broke that down in much detail and answered some questions there. Today, we’re taking this further. Today, we’re talking about, “Will a tracheostomy and ventilation work in the community?” Again, these are all real questions from real clients or readers that want to know about this particular subject. Now, before I go into today’s topic, you may want to find out what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic. So again, my name is Patrik Hutzel. I’m the founder and managing director of Intensive Care at Home, a very unique and highly specialized home care nursing service, where we send intensive care nurses into the home, to bring intensive care into the home, to replicate an ICU bed in the community, to bring a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care into the community. We have been successfully providing Intensive Care at Home services in Australia since 2013. Now, prior to that, I was working in the Intensive Care at Home space in Germany in the early 2000s, where I was part of a startup service in Germany where we were the pioneering service in Germany setting up Intensive Care at Home. So, I come with extensive experience in this space. On top of that, I have worked for over 20 years in intensive care as a nurse, as well as 5 years of that time, I’ve spent as a nurse unit manager in intensive care. So, I have combined both worlds. I am also the founder and director of Intensive Care Hotline, where we consult and advocate for families all around the world in intensive care . You can find more information there at intensivecarehotline.com. With Intensive Care at Home, we employ hundreds of years of intensive care nursing experience in the community, or critical care nursing experience in the community. I do believe that is unmatched by any organization worldwide where we bring that level of expertise into the community. Currently, we are operating all around Australia, where we send our nurses into the home. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/will-a-tracheostomy-and-ventilation-work-in-the-community/

https://intensivecareathome.com/what-can-you-do-for-my-mother-at-home-theres-no-quality-of-life-in-icu-intensive-care-at-home/ What Can You Do for My Mother at Home? There is No Quality of Life in ICU! INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME! Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. And where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units whilst providing quality services for long-term ventilated adults and children and medically complex adults and children at home. Including Home TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) ventilation as well as tracheostomy care without ventilation, as well as IV potassium, and IV electrolyte infusions at home as well. Now in today’s videos, I want to answer a question from one of our readers who says, and this is from Juliette who says, “What can you do for my mother at home? There’s no quality of life in ICU. She’s been there for six weeks now. Can you take her home?” Well, this is going to be a really short video today. But of course, we can take your mother home. I mean that’s bread and butter for us to take long-term patients out of ICU, assuming they are ventilated, have a tracheostomy. But even if there are other issues such as maybe it’s palliative care. Maybe it’s Home TPN in particular, maybe it’s an electrolyte imbalance such as low potassium, high potassium, we can manage all of that at home. Or maybe your mom is CPAP dependent, BiPAP-dependent in ICU. Maybe she is hemodynamically unstable, then we would need to make an assessment whether we can manage that at home. Let’s just say she’s inotrope or vasopressor dependent, but we can assess that and take her home from there. But the reality is that after six weeks in ICU, of course, there is no quality of life in ICU. And you want your mom at home, I guess there’s the added-on benefit. You are probably and are probably other family members, you are spending day and night in intensive care to be with your mom and that’s not healthy either. On top of that, the intensive care unit probably needs to free up the bed. There’s a high demand on ICU beds. The most sought-after bed in a hospital is the intensive care bed without the shadow of a doubt. The most sought-after staff in the hospital are intensive care, nurses, intensive care doctors. So, by taking a patient home from intensive care, you’re also taking the pressure off the hospital and the intensive care unit in particular. So, there’s only benefits by taking your mom home. It’s only creating a win-win situation and we can help you with all of that. The next step really is to reach out to us to take the next steps, talk to the ICU, look at the funding. Again, from a funding perspective, we are currently predominantly operating all around Australia. The NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) is one of the funding bodies that our clients are using, but we are also TAC (Transport Accident Care) funded in Victoria, ICare in New South Wales, and NIISQ (National Injury Insurance Scheme in Queensland) and DVA in all around Australia, the Department of Veteran Affairs. We also have received funding from public hospitals and Departments of Health. So one way or another, you should reach out to us. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/what-can-you-do-for-my-mother-at-home-theres-no-quality-of-life-in-icu-intensive-care-at-home/

https://intensivecareathome.com/why-a-tracheostomy-and-ventilation-improves-the-quality-of-life-for-mnd-motor-neuron-disease/ Why tracheostomy ventilation and INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME improves the quality of life for MND(motor neuron disease)! https://intensivecareathome.com/category/blog/ Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $3,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirty-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $499 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for $249 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-11-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only $97/month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensive Care at Home with a quick tip for families in intensive care and with a quick tip for patients with motor neuron disease (MND) or ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). So, we’re currently dealing with an inquiry where there is a client at home with motor neuron disease. The client is in his mid-fifties and he’s been diagnosed with motor neuron disease around two years ago. Obviously, there is a gradual functional decline in MND patients and decline is now at the stage where he needs BiPAP 16 hours a day, noninvasive ventilation, and BiPAP 16 hours a day, he also now needs the Cough Assist. Now the client is inquiring whether he should have a tracheostomy as the next step and could he then have 24 hours Intensive Care at Home nursing if he ends up with a tracheostomy. The client says that the MND, the neurology team and the respiratory team advises him that a tracheostomy wouldn’t be in his “best interest”, and that he should be thinking about palliative care and end-of-life care instead. Now the client is obviously smart enough, he and his family are smart enough to do their own independent research. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/why-a-tracheostomy-and-ventilation-improves-the-quality-of-life-for-mnd-motor-neuron-disease/

https://intensivecareathome.com/my-mom-cant-be-weaned-off-the-ventilator-in-icu-can-intensive-care-at-home-help-us-to-bring-her-home/ MOM CAN’T BE WEANED OFF THE VENTILATOR IN ICU. CAN INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME HELP US TO BRING HER HOME? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline

https://intensivecareathome.com/should-the-tracheostomy-cuff-be-inflated-for-cpap-mode-for-a-client-at-home/ Should the Tracheostomy Cuff be Inflated for CPAP Mode for a Client at Home? Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensive Care at Home, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term, ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. And where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units, whilst providing quality services for long-term ventilated patients and medically complex patients at home including Home TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), Home BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), Home CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), IV potassium and IV magnesium infusions as well as home IV antibiotics. So we cover the whole range that’s available for patients in intensive care. We can do that at home. So in today’s blog, I want to answer a question from a reader, “Should a tracheostomy cuff be inflated for CPAP mode for a client at home?” The short answer is absolutely yes. There are exceptions to the rule. The exceptions are for pediatrics or kids, because they, generally speaking, don’t have cuffed tracheostomy tubes. But for adults, the tracheostomy cuff for CPAP mode should be up because, otherwise, it’s just leaking and the PEEP (Positive End-Expiratory Pressure) won’t be delivered, which defeats the purpose. More importantly, by not having the cuff up. There’s also a risk for aspiration and then your client ending up with an aspiration pneumonia. So, even with a cuff up, there is a risk for micro aspirations, but it’s much, much lower with the cuff being up. Again, there’s one exception that I’ve seen over the years, where the cuff isn’t going up for adult patients with CPAP or with ventilation at home, the exception is if there’s a risk for pressure sores in the back of the throat in the trachea, but that’s a very rare exception. I’ve never really seen it over many years with but one client in out of hundreds of clients, whether it’s in ICU or at home. So, but it also tells me that the person who’s asking this question probably doesn’t have a professional service at home because when you look at our website at intensivecareathome.com, you will be seeing a section there, the Mechanical Home Ventilation Guidelines. When you look at the mechanical home ventilation guidelines, which are a result of 25 years of Intensive Care at Home in Germany and more than 10 years of Intensive Care at Home in Australia. The evidence-based mechanical home ventilation guidelines demand that only critical care nurses with a minimum of two years of critical care nursing experience can look after ventilated and tracheostomy patients at home. Anything else is not safe, even deadly. It’s telling me that whoever is looking after this patient with CPAP and tracheostomy at home doesn’t really know what they’re talking about because otherwise, this question wouldn’t even come up because the CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) would know that. And they would never have the cuff down. I wouldn’t be surprised if this particular client is going back to ICU all the time and is not looked after properly at home and therefore, is at very high risk of either dying or going back into hospital case in point. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/should-the-tracheostomy-cuff-be-inflated-for-cpap-mode-for-a-client-at-home/

https://intensivecareathome.com/mom-will-need-intensive-care-at-home-in-approximately-2-weeks-because-of-tracheostomy-bipap-help/ Mom will Need INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME in Approximately 2 Weeks, Because of Tracheostomy & BiPAP! Help! Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $3,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirty-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $499 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for $249 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-11-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only $97/month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by@FreeBackgroundMusicForCreators #BackgroundMusicWithoutLimitations https://bit.ly/2XoXFnb Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from Intensive Care at Home where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomy and where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units, whilst it’s providing quality services for long-term, ventilated adults and children and medically complex adults and children at home including Home TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) ventilation and tracheostomy care. Now, in today’s video, I want to answer a question from Maura. Maura says, “Mom had a laryngectomy 27 years ago due to throat cancer. Mom is now 72 years old. My mom will be discharged from hospital in approximately two months but will need tracheostomy care and she will be permanently on BiPAP due to COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). My mom had a double leg below the knee amputation in April. We are looking to use Intensive Care at Home to get my mom out of ICU as quickly as possible.” Now, I’m very sorry Maura to hear what your mom is going through there. It looks like she was very independent before this hospital admission. Even with the tracheostomy and very few people at home can be independent with the tracheostomy. But now it looks like she’s coming to a point where she needs 24-hour specialized nursing care, especially since she’s on a ventilator on BiPAP with a tracheostomy. So, you have come to the right place. I mean, this sounds like it’s bread and butter for us. This is what we do all day, every day. And we can, bring the intensive care into the home rather than your mom spending the next few months in ICU. So you have absolutely come to the right place. What we’ll do is we’ll start working on the funding with you because she will need 24-hour nursing funding, which will be approximately half of the cost of an intensive care bed in a hospital. So, it’s a win-win for everyone. And it’ll free up the ICU bed, but more importantly, it improves the quality of life for your mom and it will improve your quality of life because it sounds to me like you are spending day and night in intensive care with your mom. And that’s certainly not a good position to be in. Then we’ll start setting up your home with the equipment that’s needed. And also select a team of intensive care nurses that want to work with your mom. And, you are also involved in the selection process when we start hiring. So, I hope that answers your questions and helps you to be confident in taking the next steps. This is bread and butter for us. I’d love to hear more from you. Please contact us on one of the numbers on the top of our website or send us an email to info@intensivecareathome.com. Now, if you have a family member in a similar situation, please contact us at intensivecareathome.com, on one of the numbers on the top of our website or send us an email to info@intensivecareathome.com. If you are at home already and you have insufficient support or you have regular hospital readmissions, regular ICU unit readmissions because you don’t have the 24-hour intensive care nurses coming to you for ventilation, tracheostomy, BiPAP, CPAP or you need Home TPN. Please contact us as well. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/mom-will-need-intensive-care-at-home-in-approximately-2-weeks-because-of-tracheostomy-bipap-help/

https://intensivecareathome.com/how-long-will-my-son-be-sedated-after-the-tracheostomy/ HOW LONG WILL MY SON BE SEDATED AFTER THE TRACHEOSTOMY? Book your free 15 minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review , click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ So today’s question is from a reader who asks, how long is a patient going to be sedated after tracheostomy in ICU? And another reason the reader has given me some context is, he said that, his 20-year old son has cerebral palsy and he’s now at the point where he needs a tracheostomy and he wants to know, how long will his son be sedated after the tracheostomy? Now, it really depends. But the goal of a tracheostomy in ICU is always to minimize sedation. So therefore, as soon as the tracheostomy is done, you should be able to stop sedation. Because ventilation with a breathing tube or an endotracheal tube is very uncomfortable. Therefore, it’s one of the main reasons why someone needs to go into an induced coma, and you want to minimize the time spent in an induced coma. You want to minimize the time spent being on addictive drugs, such as morphine, fentanyl, midazolam, or propofol. Propofol is not addictive, but midazolam and certainly morphine and fentanyl are. So you want to minimize the time spent on chemical restraints, if you will. And furthermore, especially when it comes to patients with cerebral palsy, motor neuron disease, spinal injuries, any neuro degenerative conditions that need ventilation, you absolutely should minimize the time spent in the induced coma and on sedation because you want to get back home as quickly as possible. And, especially in your son’s case with cerebral palsy, he should be able to go home as quickly as possible with our service Intensive Care at Home. Because that’s a safe way to get your son home. You told me he’s also ventilated, he’s on BIPAP ventilation. He now needs a tracheostomy. So, you should be able to go home from ICU as quickly as possible with the ventilator as well. So the only way to really make that transition possible is with 24-hour intensive care nurses and 24-hour intensive care nursing. Because you need to make sure that the airway is stable, that you’ve got someone competent managing an unstable airway, which is what a tracheostomy is. And that’s according to the evidence-based home mechanical ventilation guidelines. That clearly provide the evidence that the transition from intensive care to home, on a ventilator with the tracheostomy, can only be done with 24-hour intensive care nursing at home. Now, I know that you are in Australia and you should be getting NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) funding for our service. The NDIS is funding, home care nursing for nurses, for patients on ventilation with tracheostomy. And you should be checking that out. You should be contacting us. If you have any questions about the NDIS and how to obtain funding there. I really hope that answers your question. And if you have a loved one in intensive care, you should be contacting us as well here at intensivecareathome.com. Call us on one of the numbers on the top of our website, or send us an email to info@intensivecareathome.com. Also have a look at our case studies because there, we highlight more about what we can do for our clients, how clients can live at home with ventilation and tracheostomies. And you can look at our case studies as well. Intensive care at home Case studies And if you are at home already and you need support for your critically loved one, and you have insufficient support or insufficient funding, please contact us as well. We can help you with all of the above. And if you are an intensive care nurse or a pediatric intensive care nurse with a minimum of two years, ICU or pediatric ICU experience, and you ideally have a critical care certificate, please contact us as well. Check out our career section on our website. www.intensivecareathome.com/careers Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/how-long-will-my-son-be-sedated-after-the-tracheostomy/

Will a Tracheostomy and Ventilation Work in the Community? Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline

https://intensivecareathome.com/will-a-tracheostomy-work-in-the-community/ Will a Tracheostomy Work in the Community? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Hello and welcome to another Intensive Care at Home and Intensive Care Hotline YouTube livestream. Today’s topic is, “Will a tracheostomy work in the community?” And that’s a question we get quite frequently. It’s actually a question that ties right in from my last podcast or my last YouTube live stream last week. The topic last week was, “Is the tracheostomy going to work?” And out of the questions that came in from that live stream, I thought, “Well, that is a question that needs to be answered as well, “Will the tracheostomy work in the community?”” So, last week’s YouTube live was all about what’s a tracheostomy? How is this going to work? When should it be used? What are the outcomes? and so forth. So, today we look much deeper, and look will the tracheostomy work in the community? Let’s just say someone needs a tracheostomy for much longer periods of time than expected. Let’s just say someone needs a tracheostomy for the rest of their life, God forbid. Then you need to inevitably think about whether you can go in the community, and we will break that down today, when a tracheostomy is advisable in the community? What resources you will need to make that safe in the community and avoid hospital readmissions, avoid ICU readmissions and make home care and home stay predictable so that an admission back to ICU or a hospital is not necessary full stop. But we’ll talk about that today. So, in more detail on today’s topic, in case you are wondering what makes me qualified today to talk about today’s topic, my name again is Patrik Hutzel. I’m a critical care nurse by background. I have worked in intensive care/critical care for over 20 years in three different countries. I have worked as a nurse unit manager for over five years in intensive care. I’ve been the founder and managing director of Intensive Care at Home, where we provide Intensive Care at Home as a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care where we take patients home from intensive care directly. We avoid emergency department or emergency room admissions, so we deliver on what we are promising, which is Intensive Care at Home. I’m also the founder and director of the Intensive Care Hotline at intensivecarehotline.com. We are providing consulting and advocacy service for families in intensive care all around the world. We have been consulting and advocating for families all around the world for the last 10 years, just as much as we have been providing Intensive Care at Home for the last 10 years. We are predominantly working, or we are operational with Intensive Care at Home all around Australia. We are an NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme), TAC (Transport Accident Commission), iCare, NIISQ (National Injury Insurance Scheme in Queensland), and DVA (Department of Veteran Affairs) approved community service provider. We have also received funding through departments of health and through hospitals directly. So, whether you are a patient in intensive care, whether you’re a family having a loved one in intensive care and you’re considering Intensive Care at Home, please contact us one way or another. You may also want to contact us if you’re an NDIS support coordinator and you’re looking for nursing care for your participant, for your client. If you don’t know how to go about the advocacy for funding for your NDIS participant, please contact us. We can help you with all of that. If you’re an intensive care consultant, please contact us as well. If you’re a hospital executive and you’re looking how to more efficiently manage your ICU beds and partner with your consumers, which is part of the accreditation standards for hospitals, you know where we are. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/will-a-tracheostomy-work-in-the-community/

https://intensivecareathome.com/is-a-tracheostomy-going-to-work/ Is a Tracheostomy Going to Work? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Hello and welcome to another Intensive Care at Home and intensivecarehotline.com livestream. Welcome to the show and I also want to welcome everyone that’s watching this stream on replay. As always, you are welcome to type in your questions into the chat pad. I will go through today’s topic and then I will also answer questions that came in during the week. So, let’s get started with today. Before we get started with today’s topic, just a couple of housekeeping issues. In case you are wondering what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic, which is, “Is a tracheostomy going to work?” It’s a question we get quite frequently from our readers and clients. Before I go into today’s topic and break it down, what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic? I’m a critical care registered nurse and I have been working in critical care intensive care for over 20 years in three different countries. I have been working as a nurse unit manager for over five years in intensive care. I’m the founder and managing director of Intensive Care at Home. With Intensive Care at Home, we provide a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care for predominantly long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies. We also provided a genuine alternative to a long-term stay in intensive care for adults and children on BIPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure), CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), or non-invasive ventilation. We also provide Home TPN (total parenteral nutrition), home IV infusions including electrolyte management such as potassium infusions at home, also IV antibiotics at home. We also do NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) nursing assessments, or we provide nursing assessments in general. That’s what we do in a nutshell with Intensive Care at Home. I’m also the founder and managing director of intensivecarehotline.com. Intensive Care Hotline is a consulting advocacy service for families in intensive care. We have been consulting and advocating for families in intensive care all around the world, for the last 10 years. You can find more information at intensivecareathome.com and intensivecarehotline.com. With Intensive Care at Home, we are also now providing NDIS specialist support coordination. We are currently operating all around Australia with Intensive Care at Home. We are NDIS accredited. We are a TAC (Transport Accident Commission) provider, iCare in New South Wales provider, NIISQ (National Injury Insurance Scheme, Queensland) provider, DVA (Department of Veteran Affairs) provider all around Australia. We also have received funding through some public hospitals and departments of health. So, either way, if you have a loved one in intensive care and you want to go home for the conditions that I mentioned, please contact us and we can help you. Now, without further ado, let’s talk about today’s topic, “Is a tracheostomy going to work?” It’s a question we get quite frequently, but the answer is that it really depends. It depends on the goals of care. So, let’s run through a few scenarios when a tracheostomy is working or what should be the goal. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/is-a-tracheostomy-going-to-work/

https://intensivecareathome.com/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-tracheostomy/ What is the Purpose of a Tracheostomy? Book your free 15-minute phone consultation here http://intensivecarehotline.com/scheduling-appointment/ Call directly 24/7 +1 415-915-0090 USA/Canada +44 118 324 3018 UK +6141 094 2230 Australia Email support@intensivecarehotline.com Get 1:1 consulting and advocacy 1:1 phone counselling http://intensivecarehotline.com/one-on-one-counselling/ Become a member for families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Immediate action steps http://intensivecarehotline.com/take-control-take-charge/immediate-action-steps/ https://intensivecareathome.com And if you need a medical record review, click on the link and we can help you with reviewing your loved one’s medical records while they’re in ICU. https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/review-of-medical-records/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveCareHotline Twitter: https://twitter.com/icuhotline Here are the phone options One day 1:1 consulting and advocacy FACE TO FACE or via zoom $20,000 per day https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-day-11-consulting-in-person-face/ 30 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $3,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/thirty-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 14 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/fourteen-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 7 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $1,299 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/seven-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 4 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $999 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/four-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ 2 days 24/7 unlimited 1:1 phone and email support, including speaking to doctors and nurses directly, as well as participating in family meetings over the phone for $499 https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/two-days-11-phone-consulting-us/ You don’t have to use the 2, 4, 7, or 14 days in a row and you can use the days at your own pace. Here's the hour option Book 60 minutes 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy for $249 (can be credited towards any of the options above)- click on the link https://intensivecarehotline.thrivecart.com/one-hour-11-phone-consulting-us/ Or you can join the membership here where you have access to me in the membership area for only $97/month where I advise daily and where you also have access to more material including all of our eBooks! Furthermore, you’ll get a 20% discount for 1:1 phone consulting and advocacy if you are a member! https://intensivecarehotline.com/intensivecaresupport-org-membership/ Here is also a link to case studies https://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/ https://intensivecareathome.com/category/case-studies/ Hello and welcome to another Intensive Care at Home and intensivecarehotline.com live stream. Today’s livestream is about, “What’s the purpose of a tracheostomy?” Before we go into today’s topic, just a few things about me in case you’re wondering what makes me qualified to talk about today’s topic. Again, my name is Patrik Hutzel, founder of Intensive Care at Home and intensivecarehotline.com. I’m a critical care nurse. I have worked in critical care for over 20 years in three different countries. I have worked as a nurse unit manager for over five years in intensive care. I am the founder and managing director of Intensive Care at Home, where we provide intensive home care for predominantly long-term ventilated adults and children with a tracheostomy. We also provide BIPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) or CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), nursing care at home with intensive care and critical care nurses, Home TPN (total parenteral nutrition), Home IV Fluids, Home IV antibiotics, seizure management, and the list goes on. I’m also the founder and managing director of intensivecarehotline.com. With Intensive Care Hotline, we are providing a consulting and advocacy service for families in intensive care, all around the world. We advocate and help clients or families in intensive care all around the world, and you can find out more at intensivecarehotline.com. Continuation... https://intensivecareathome.com/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-tracheostomy/