Importance of Critical Care during Acute Illness

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Importance of Critical Care during Acute Illness
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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Analysis......................................................................................................................................3
Serena’s Extensive Injuries....................................................................................................3
Behavioral and Psychological Responses..............................................................................3
Communication Strategies......................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference List.........................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
The main responsibility of anintensive care unit and its people is to provide high-
quality care, protect the safety of the patients and provide all the necessities required for the
patient's betterment. The nurses and physicians in a health care or intensive care unit shall
treat all the patients in a professional way with the utmost respect, care, compassion and
maintain their dignity (Lee et al. 2016). The nurses also need to perform their duties based on
the available infrastructures and ensure that they are honest in serving the patients by
ensuring safety and privacy. The current paper discusses an acute illness that was faced by
Miss Serena Tejpar in an accident and analysis to what extent the actions of the nurses in the
subjected critical care unit, helped Serena to recover from that illness. The paper explains the
details of the illnesses that were faced by Serena and how important is the role of the nurses
and physicians in the process of recovery of a patient.
Analysis
Serena’s Extensive Injuries
The concerned person whose behavioral and physiological responses are discussed here is
Serena Tejpar who is an 18 year old, third-year undergraduate medical student of MacMaster
University, who met in an accident due to car collision while she was traveling to Toronto,
seating in the backseat of a car as a passenger with seatbelt on (Stories of Illness & Health,
2017). The crash was horrifying that lead to Serena facing collapsed lungs, sheared aorta,
broken pelvis and sacrum, massive bleeding and brain hemorrhage, bruised liver, spleen and
pancreas, torn bladder and she was income. Her parents from Calgary who enquired about her
whereabouts were informed by the doctors of Victoria Hospital’s Critical care unit, over the
phone that she might not stay alive by the time they reach London. She was completely
unconscious initially and the story she shared was as narrated to her by her family members.
Along with Serena, her family members were also taken care of by the physicians and
residents of the intensive care unit. They were provided a separate room to make them feel
comfortable. A team of forty doctors and nurses dealt with Serena with utmost kindness,
honesty, and compassion.
Behavioral and Psychological Responses
Serena was in a coma for six weeks and the medical professionals of Victoria Hospital’s
Critical care along with her parents thought that even if Serena gains consciousness, it would
not be possible for her to ever walk or play a simple Tic-tac-toe game (Stories of Illness &
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