Intensive care through the eyes of the patient

摘要

As an experienced intensive-care unit (ICU) nurse, I have often spoken with my colleagues about patients' experiences, d also with patients of their experiences in ICU. It's fair to say I have never had a true understanding of this, until recently when I was admitted to the unit in which I work following a motorcycle accident. This gave me a unique insight into the patient's experience and journey through the ICU. I sustained multiple fractures to my right leg and hand and had compartment syndrome and significant tissue damage to the inside of my leg.