Patients

Useful information for patients and relatives from partner organisations

Information on nutrition after critical illness

Some critical care units actively participate in patient research

If you have spent more than two-three days on Critical Care, you will be sent a letter inviting you to attend the follow-up clinic

It is very common for people who have been through a critical illness to experience very significant sleep disturbance in the recovery period

Up to 1 in 10 of all critical care patients experience symptoms suggestive of post-traumatic stress disorder

The period of recovery after a critical illness can be very stressful

It is very common for patients who have been seriously ill to report that their memory is not as good as it was

Unfortunately many patients experience hallucinations, such as seeing things that aren’t there, whilst on critical care