My Mother is at Home with a Tracheostomy and Nasogastric Tube Without 24/7 Nursing Care, Is It Safe?

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My Mother is at Home with a Tracheostomy and Nasogastric Tube Without 24/7 Nursing Care, Is It Safe?

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Patrik Hutzel: Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from intensivecareathome.com, where we provide tailor-made solutions for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies at home and where we also provide tailor-made solutions for hospitals and intensive care units at home whilst providing quality care for long-term ventilated adults and children with tracheostomies at home, otherwise medically-complex clients, adults and children at home, which includes Home BIPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure), Home CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), home tracheostomy care for adults and children that are not ventilated, Home TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), home IV potassium infusions, home IV magnesium infusions, and home IV antibiotics. We also provide port management, central line management, PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) line management, as well as Hickman’s line management, and we also provide palliative care at home.

We’re also sending our critical care nurses into the home for emergency department bypass services as we have done so in the past for the Western Sydney Local Health District, their in-touch program.

So today, I actually want to show an excerpt from one of my YouTube live streams where I answer questions live on a show to our clients and people that are interested in what we’re doing. I spoke to someone on the YouTube live that is in Trinidad & Tobago, and he’s got his mom at home on a tracheostomy and he really doesn’t know what he’s doing and his mom’s life is at risk, and you will see that when I’m talking to him. So it’s just another stark warning that you can never take your family member home without critical care nurses, 24 hours a day, because that’s what we do here at Intensive Care at Home by maintaining high quality standards by being accredited. We are the only service in 2024 that has third-party accreditation for Intensive Care at Home nursing in Australia.

So without further ado, I’ll let you watch the video, the excerpt when I’m consulting this client one-on-one, and there’s a lot to learn for anyone who has a loved one at home, either on a ventilator and/or tracheostomy. I’ll be back soon.

And now let’s continue the conversation with… Hi, Ryan. Can you hear me?

Ryan: Yeah.

Patrik Hutzel: Ryan, I can see your question, “My mom has a tracheostomy long-term due to brainstem damage and inability to breathe on her own. Any advice?”

Ryan, is your mom also ventilated or does she have a tracheostomy without a ventilator?

Ryan: She has a tracheostomy without the ventilator.

Patrik Hutzel: Without the ventilator, okay. How long has she had the tracheostomy for?

Ryan: Since March, April, probably two to three months.

Patrik Hutzel: Okay. Where is your mom at the moment? Is she in hospital, is she at home? Where is she?

Ryan: She’s home… Well, we have a nurse coming home to see about her.

Patrik Hutzel: Okay. And who’s providing the care, is it yourself or?

Ryan: Yeah, well, I could say myself, yeah.

Patrik Hutzel: Right. Okay. Is your mom mobile? Can she get up?

Ryan: No. Due to the brainstem damage, it really came about, well, at least that’s what the doctors told me is that she had blood clots in her lungs and that apparently stopped the brain for oxygen leading to brainstem damage. That was the diagnosis initially.

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