The Patient Liaison Committee is pleased to provide patients and relatives with the following three booklets based on comments and views  recieved, which reflect the best practice in intensive care medicine.

The committee is dedicated to gaining a better understanding of what patients and relatives require in improved safety and treatment and has since inception, made  information and help available  to pateints and relatives.

Your Stay in Intensive Care

Booklet includes information on the following topics:

• Admission
• What your visitors can expect
• Halluciantions, delusions and nightmares
• Feeling weak and loss of weight
• Transfer ro another hospital
• Research
• Further information

General Information for Patients and Relatives

Booklet inlcudes information on the following topics:

• What is intensive care
• Why are people admitted to intensive care
• What is it like in intensive care
• Why are some patients sedated
• What can relatives do to help
• Bereavement
• Organ tissue and donation
• Religious support
• Research
• Patient confidentiality
• Further information

Discharge from Intensive Care

Booklet includes information on the following topics:

• The decision that you are ready to leave
• To the ward
• To another hospital
• Dischargefrom hospital
• After dischrage
• Stress
• Follow up clinics
• Further information

Please feel free to download copies of the patient information booklets if you would like to order hard copies please download the order form and send in to the ICS office.