Patient Information Booklets
The Patient and Relatives Committee is pleased to provide patients and relatives with the following three booklets based on comments and views received, 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 patients and relatives.
Booklet includes information on the following topics:
- Admission
- What your visitors can expect
- Hallucinations, delusions and nightmares
- Feeling weak and loss of weight
- Transfer or another hospital
- Research
- Further information
General Information for Patients and Relatives
Booklet includes 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
Booklet includes information on the following topics:
- The decision that you are ready to leave
- To the ward
- To another hospital
- Discharge from hospital
- After discharge
- 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.
Fax.020 7280 4369