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The patient in this bed space has passed away. its a bit of an old wives tale on the wards that if your patient has passed away, you need to leave the window open to let the soul find its way out, otherwise it gets trapped in the hospital. its something thats stuck everywhere, to always have the window open. so, we have these. so, its a memory box. its got a little sympathy card that weve started to fill in with us off the unit, just saying, sorry for your loss. so, they have little things like ...

Unfortunately, he passed away and in those last hours when we were called in to spend time with him before he died, i sat at his bed space with the family around him. once he had gone, everyone was hugging each other. in the midst of the chaos i think i was forgotten about. and no—one was hugging me and i remember crying and i rememberthe nurse coming to me and holding her in my arms and just telling me it was going to be ok. i rememberjust sobbing to this nurse. and i still remember her now. ...

Over and do the work again, just to get a bit of a rest. it can help a lot. this patient wasnt going to survive, and i knew his family, if they were here, would have prayed for him. i am the same faith as them, so i did that for him. there were a few of us in the bed space. we didnt leave his side. he passed away really peacefully. about a week later, i still had the son of the patient on my mind, and ijust wondered if he knew what had happened, or what i did, so i asked my manager if i could ri...

Just cold? some people think in itu we have this magic machine called life support. and it has a button we can switch on and off and itjust runs. in reality, there isnt this magic machine. theres multiple things we can offer, but it takes us in the bed space to keep doing those things and keep those machines running and respond to the changing needs of the patient to keep them alive. right, rntibiotics are in. right, antibiotics are in. to work on itu, it is very much you either love it or hate ...

He was only 40 and he spent a month in intensive care at good hope. unfortunately, he passed away and in those last hours when we were called in to spend time with him before he died, i sat at his bed space with the family around him. once he had gone, everyone was hugging each other. in the midst of the chaos i think i was forgotten about. i remember crying and i remember the nurse coming to me and holding her in my arms and just telling me it was going to be ok. i rememberjust sobbing to this ...

And it has a button we can switch on and off and itjust runs. in reality, there isnt this magic machine. theres multiple things we can offer, but it takes us in the bed space to keep doing those things and keep those machines running and respond to the changing needs of the patient to keep them alive. right, antibiotics are in. to work on itu, it is very much you either love it or hate itjob. we are very particular about things. we go through lists, were meticulous. right, im going to go and get...

So i did that for him. there were a few others in the bed space, we didnt leave his side. he passed away peacefully. about a week later i still had the son of the patient on my mind. i wondered if he knew what had happened, or what he did. i asked my manager if i could ring him. she said yes. i gave him a call. i think he was really grateful for that, it gave them, as a family, a lot of closure. we really need to get him on the bed. i need to take that line out of your neck.

Crusty bread. loads of butter. plenty of pepper. you are talking i dirty to me now. if you dont have anyone - to have a laugh with on shift, it will be a long night. sometimes going for a quick walk around the unit, - we have been known to dance to wake ourselves up. - having someone to have a chat with can lift the mood. - i need to go back. death is a really big part of working in intensive care and to work there you have to be prepared to face it. just closing the window. the patient in this ...

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