Adult inpatient nasogastric (NG) tube feeding: Frequently Asked Questions by patients, relatives and carers
Answers some commonly asked questions about having and using a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Advice following a death in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Guide for relatives about arrangements that need to be made and the options you have following a death in ICU
Read moreCall 4 Concern (Adults)
. Patient safety service that enables patients and families to call for immediate help and advice when they feel concerned that the health care team has not recognised their own or their loved one’s changing condition.
Read moreCall 4 Concern (Children)
Supporting Martha’s Rule: Detecting Deterioration. Patient safety service enabling families to call for immediate help and advice when they feel concerned about a child’s changing condition.
Read moreCoping with traumatic experiences
Advice to help you understand your feelings and to help you cope following a stay on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Read moreFatigue management (ICU patients)
Aims to help you understand fatigue, outline some strategies to help you manage your symptoms, aid your recovery and help people around you understand your experience
Read moreHallucinations
Explains why patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) may have hallucinations (nightmares, delusions, fantasies)
Read moreLife after a critical illness
Useful information for patients who have been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their relatives
Read moreRecovery After Critical Illness (RACI) Service
A quick guide for patients, family and friends of patients who have been treated on ICU
Read moreRecovery after Critical Illness (RaCI) Service: Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU)
Explains how the Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) puts you, the patient, in control of when you are seen by the RaCI Service
Read moreRecovery after Critical Illness Service - Quick guide for patients, family and friends
Quick guide about the Recovery after Critical Illness Service and what to expect after leaving the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Read moreRehabilitation Programme on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Exercises to maintain your strength and build your stamina
Read moreSepsis - information for patients, relatives and carers
Explains what sepsis is and how it is treated
Read moreTracheostomy
What a tracheostomy is, how and why it is carried out, and how it can affect your speech, swallowing, eating and drinking
Read moreUse of restraint mitts and freedom splints in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Explains how and why patients may wear restraint mitts and freedom splints in ICU.
Read moreVoiceless - why can't the patient talk?
Explains why some patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU cannot) talk mainly due to having a ventilator ‘breathing tube’ in place.
Read moreWelcome to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Information for people whose loved ones are admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or a High Dependency Unit (HDU)
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