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Zaccharia Z.

Mr. Zaccharia Z. was intubated and placed in an induced coma immediately upon arrival at the hospital. When he woke up, it took him a while to understand what was going on. He thought for a moment that he had been kidnapped. The care in the ICU for him seemed very professional. He notes, however, that his discharge from the hospital could have been better accompanied.

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Distrust

Mr. Zaccharias Z. explains how he was suspicious of the team because of the tubes and straps that held him in bed.

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E : Anyway, it took two to three days to get past that. They found me um somewhere online, I mean they brought in a phone to let me talk to my wife. Because she called the hospital, and the first thing I said to her was listen I've been kidnapped (-) trace the call! Trace the call, because these guys have kidnapped me. It was pretty crazy, the nurse was very good about it in fact, I was very impressed. But I eventually got past that, you know once the barbiturate fog cleared up and I could start to see a little better and better understanding and then / then they're bringing me my phone. Because I had it with me in the hospital and I get a look at the map and see oh yeah I okay the GPS says I'm in the hospital, so everything is good you know. But // yeah they were really good about that (-) considering what a jerk I was the first couple of days. I mean, I was, you know, they strapped me down, right? Because you got tubes and stuff sticking everywhere and / and the tube in my throat was REALLY annoying, you know it didn't hurt so much, but it was just THERE you know it was really annoying and then one day when they finally loosened the straps on one of my arms I reached up and I yanked the tube up, like immediately because it was driving me crazy. And they all came: what did you do? what did you do? And I said well the stupid tube was irritating me and I (didn't want it anymore). Well and they said well // they were looking at some machines behind me that where showing my stats and it seemed to be okay, so they said well, it seemed to be okay, so we'll let it go for a while, see what happens.

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Zaccharia Z.

Mr. Zaccharia Z. was intubated and placed in an induced coma immediately upon arrival at the hospital. When he woke up, it took him a while to understand what was going on. He thought for a moment that he had been kidnapped. The care in the ICU for him seemed very professional. He notes, however, that his discharge from the hospital could have been better accompanied.

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Mr Zacharia Z thinks he was kidnapped.

Mr. Zacharia Z is between reality and delir,. He even believes he was kidnapped.

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Distrust

Mr. Zaccharias Z. explains how he was suspicious of the team because of the tubes and straps that held him in bed.

Communication issues in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Experiences in Intensive Care

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Lack of information

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Feeling helpless

feeling helpless

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Information must be improved

Compared to the Canadian healthcare system, Mr. Zaccharia regrets the lack of information provided.

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Good care

Mr. Zaccharia Z. describes his perception of good care: the team takes care of you.

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Still in need of help at home

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Frustration.

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