Patient Diary - ICID - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

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Contents The purpose of your diary 3 Admission Day - What happened? Why am I here? 4 Visitor’s Blog / World / Local News 5 Today’s news 6 Visitor’s Blog / World / Local News 7 Today’s news 8 Visitor’s Blog / World / Local News 9 Today’s news 10 Visitors’ Blog / World / Local News 11 Today’s news 12 Visitors’ Blog / World / Local News 13 Today’s news 14 Visitors’ Blog / World / Local News 15 Glossary 16 Intubation 16 Tracheostomy (also known as a ‘trache’) 16 BiPAP & CPAP 17 Arterial Line (ART line) 17 Central Line or Central Venous Line (CVC or CVP) 17 Nasogastric Tube (NG) 18 Haemofiltration 18 Calf/Foot Pumps 19 Syringe Drivers 19 2
The purpose of your diary • <strong>Patient</strong> diaries are a way of helping patients to understand what has happened to them whilst in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). • They can help you come to terms with strange memories, such as hallucinations and nightmares, which can cause psychological problems after a serious illness. • Studies have shown that keeping a diary that includes photographs helps a patient to understand what has happened to them. • <strong>Patient</strong>s can be frustrated by their slow progress and cannot appreciate just how ill they were. By reading the diary and seeing themselves attached to equipment, such as a ventilator, may help patients to make sense of their ICU stay. • The diary may also help relatives and friends. It can offer a focus and somewhere to express their feelings. Writing in your diary can help your family feel they are contributing to your recovery and rehabilitation, that they are ‘doing’ something for you. • At the back of the diary is a glossary that you and your relatives may find helpful. 3
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