Information and resources for patients, families and caregivers who have experienced an ICU journey.

Adults in ICU

Topics for patients and families about physical and psychological conditions, the ICU bed and machines and life after ICU.

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Children in PICU

Topics for patients, parents and carers about physical and psychological conditions, the PICU bed and machines and life after PICU.

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ICU and PICU beds interactive

Learn all about the ICU and PICU machines, tubes and monitors

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ICU Stories

Andy's story

"The effects on my wife, children and family have been difficult and I will forever be grateful for their love and support during my times of need; without that support I don't know what might have happened, as I struggled with reality at the time. A family's worth cannot be underestimated."

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Reflections by Alex

"But it was this pain that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who are alive, who had ever been alive. And in realising so, I was at peace; at peace with where I had been, at peace with what I had been through, and at peace with where I was headed."

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My experience in ICU at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

"It has been an enormous change for me. I used to help people in my field of work, and in my own time, and now have to accept help from others. That has been an extremely hard thing for me to accept."

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