IS IT POSSIBLE FOR MY MOM TO BE WEANED OFF THE VENTILATOR AT HOME THROUGH INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME?

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IS IT POSSIBLE FOR MY MOM TO BE WEANED OFF THE VENTILATOR AT HOME THROUGH INTENSIVE CARE AT HOME?

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In today’s blog, I answer another question from one of our readers and potential clients. Carolyn is writing in and she asks,

Is it Possible For My Mom to be Weaned Off the Ventilator at Home through Intensive Care at Home?

Hi Patrik,

I came across your website, intensivecareathome.com and I also heard from some of your clients about your intensive care at home services. From what I read and from what I heard from your clients, it is possible for people to be weaned off the ventilator at home.

My mom who’s 72 is currently on a ventilator and tracheostomy in an ICU in Melbourne. She’s been in the ICU for about two months now, and they want to transfer her to another hospital with a long-term weaning unit in Melbourne to continue the weaning process. We are not happy with the quality of care she’s been receiving in the ICU, and we are worried that it will get worse at the long-term weaning unit at the other hospital here in Melbourne.

We haven’t heard many good things about this weaning unit. I wanted to see how we could possibly continue to wean her at home, for example, where do we purchase a ventilator, necessary equipment and accessories besides 24 hours, seven days a week, 365 days ICU nursing.

Where do we contract respiratory physicians? How do we do arterial blood gas testing? Please let us know as soon as possible. If you can provide these services, as my mom may be transferring out of ICU very soon, and we’re trying to avoid this and rather get her home.

Thank you.

From Carolyn.

Hi Carolyn,

Thank you so much for writing in, to cut to the chase, yes, it is definitely possible for patients to be weaned at home. We have been doing this successfully on a couple of occasions.

Now, given that your mom has been struggling to come off the ventilator for a couple of months now, it’s probably fair to say that the weaning process might take a little bit longer. Please bear in mind though, that intensive care at home is a great service for the right patient at the right time.

If your mom has any chance to come off the ventilator in the next couple of weeks, she probably should stay, get off the ventilator and then go home because going home off the ventilator is just so much easier, but nevertheless, if your mom wants to come home on a ventilator for weaning, we can certainly do that.

You’re asking, where do you purchase a ventilator and necessary accessories? Now, most of the time when we take clients home, the hospitals or funding bodies provide the equipment as well, as much as they fund the nursing service as well, the 24-hour intensive care at home nursing service.

In terms of accessing doctors, respiratory physicians in particular, but also intensivists, again, it’s probably best to talk to us. We can help you with setting you up with the right people.

And then you’re asking, how do you do ABG testing? Well, there are some ABG tests available that you can do it at home. They do it in ED or in the emergency department, emergency rooms as well with a capillary test.

So the process going home needs to be well-thought through. We have done it many, many times, and again, we can help you with that as well, setting you up with ICU nurses at home 24-hours a day and go from there and then we can start with the weaning at home.

So I really hope that answers your question and thank you for tuning into this week’s blog. Take care...

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