Supporting patients

The Intensive Care Unit can be a very strange and sometimes frightening place for patients, especially if they are starting to become more awake and more aware of their surroundings.

Even when patients are unconscious (either due to their illness or the drugs we give them to keep them sleepy and comfortable), it is possible that they can feel and hear what is going on around them.For this reason,the nurses will tell the patient about everything they're doing and why.

The nurses often form a close bond with the patients they're looking after,especially if they spend a long time in the Intensive Care Unit.