placeholder

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.

VIDEO

Good care

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

Video Interview

TRANSCRIPT

And the only, and to be honest, I mean they, the nurses that were treating me in ICU were really, really good to me. I mean when I came out of my coma, like I said I was a little paranoid and you know I was ripping my tubes / the tube out of my throat and they / considering the situation that dealing with all the other patients that they had in there, I / I could've been a little better <<laughs>> patient, you know? But they were really, really good to me. There was one nurse particular (name 1) who was from (place 2) in fact and she (caught) up with me and she was really good to me, so I was quite happy about that. So, on a grand scale of things, what I've been through and how I came out of it (-) I'm pretty happy, like (could've really hurt) you know? I mean it's / I mean for me it was just literally be in the coma and then recover, so not really (-) hard to do, because you sit there and you know you have doctors and nurses pretty much take care of you and watch what you're doing.

Other experiences by Zaccharia Z.

placeholder

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.

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Mr Zacharia Z thinks he was kidnapped.

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

State of consciousness and memory issues

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Perception of arrogance

Mr. Zaccharia Z explains how he experienced the clinical team's lack of communication as arrogance.

Communication issues in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

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

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Lack of information

Mr. Zaccharias Z. points to the lack of information from the team at all stages of his hospital stay.

Communication issues in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Feeling helpless

feeling helpless

Good to know to improve intensive care unit (ICU) patient experience

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Information must be improved

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

Good to know to improve intensive care unit (ICU) patient experience

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Good care

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

Emotional events and experiences to take home with you

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Still in need of help at home

Mr. Zaccharia Z. was surprised that he still needed help at home.

Emotional events and experiences to take home with you

Experiences in Intensive Care

placeholder

Zaccharia Z.

Frustration.

Mr. Zaccharia Z. does not forget experience of constraints and frustration.

Emotional events and experiences to take home with you

Experiences in Intensive Care

View all experiences

© 2000-2021, All Rights Reserved