A CLIENT ON BIPAP LOOKED AFTER BY SUPPORT WORKERS AT HOME ENDED UP IN ICU WITH ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA!

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A 64-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MOTOR NEUROPATHY BEING LOOKED AFTER BY SUPPORT WORKERS AT HOME ENDED UP IN ICU WITH ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA!

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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated, adults and children with tracheostomies also for BiPAP or CPAP ventilation. And otherwise medically complex patients that require an intensive care nurse at home. So here is a quick tip and case study on how we can help clients.

We are currently having an inquiry from a 64-year-old man with motor neuropathy. A fairly long-standing, premedical history, with ischemic heart disease, with hypertension. Also, having had a heart attack in the past, and he’s had recurring cases of pneumonia.

And prior to this inquiry, he’s been having nocturnal non-invasive ventilation BiPAP for his motor neuropathy. He’s been looked after by support workers at home which is dangerous in and of itself if someone is on a ventilator. Because if someone is on a ventilator, they need an intensive care nurse, 24 hours a day.

And that is documented in the evidence-based Mechanical Home Ventilation Guidelines that you’ll find on our website at intensivecareathome.com.

To cut the long story short, the client ended up in ICU with an aspiration pneumonia, no surprises there. Again, if someone is on a ventilator at home, they need intensive care nurses, 24 hours a day. Not even a general registered nurse because they wouldn’t know how to look after someone on a ventilator. They need actually an intensive care nurse with a minimum of two years ICU experience, as again, documented in the evidence-based mechanical home ventilation guidelines.

So, this poor client is now stuck in ICU for about six months. He can’t go home yet because he hasn’t got the funding yet, but we are working on that with him and then he can go home with our service, Intensive Care at Home. But it should have never come to this in the first place, because now of the aspiration pneumonia, he’s on BiPAP ventilation almost 24 hours a day. And he might need a tracheostomy that might be the next step.

But cutting the long story short, for someone like this gentleman, there need to be intensive care nurses at home 24 hours a day funded by the NDIS, by the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This is for our viewers in Australia.

If you are in Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, you should definitely contact us on one of the numbers on the top of our website. If you’re in a similar situation, or if you have a family member in a similar situation, you should definitely contact us on one of the numbers on the top of our website, because we can help you obtain the funding. We can help you go home and get the right care for you and your family.

That is my quick tip for today.

Now, again, if you have a loved one in intensive care and you want to go home, or if you are at home and you don’t have sufficient support. And you are going back to ICU all the time or your loved one is going back to ICU all the time, or if you want to know about funding, especially about the NDIS or any other funding avenues here in Australia, please contact us on one of the numbers on the top of our website at intensivecareathome.com or simply send us an email to [email protected].

Also, check out our membership for families in intensive care at intensivecaresupport.org.

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