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Intensive Care: A Guide for You and Your Family
In the ICU – Information for family and friends
The ICU
What to expect
Treatments
Behaviour
What you can do
Looking after yourself
Dealing with relationships
When it’s your partner in the ICU
Helping your child
When your loved one leaves the ICU
If your loved one doesn’t survive
In the ICU – Information for patients
Your time in the ICU
Your healthcare team
Leaving the ICU
Going home
When you get home
Follow-up care
Your relationships
How you may feel
Your body
Making sense of your stay in the ICU
References and resources
ICUSteps
Misericordia ICU Delirium Committee
Patients and families of Misericordia ICU that provided valuable and insightful feedback
Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services
Advance Care Planning
Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation
Alberta Quits
Caregiver Tips
Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network – Alberta Health Services
Patient Concerns and Feedback
Going Home: Common Problems – information about common problems after leaving ICU
Grief and Bereavement
ICU Delirium
Personal Directives – Government of Alberta
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Restraint as a Last Resort
Spiritual Care Services – Alberta Health Services
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