Critical Care
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| Initial release | October 6, 1997 |
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| Directors | Sidney Lumet |
| Box office | 271,000 USD |
| Budget | 12 million USD |
| Composers | Michael Convertino |
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| ID | 2282081 |
About Critical Care
Medical resident Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) aspires to help sick people, but is constantly warned by his mentor, Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks), to treat only patients with good insurance coverage. Soon, Ernst must deal with two sisters, Felicia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Connie (Margo Martindale), who are arguing over the proper treatment for their ill father. Although he tries to remain uninvolved, Ernst finds himself attracted to Felicia, though he suspects both women are really after money. …
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... The BBC s analysis also revealed the proportion of maternity units with the poorest safety ranking of " inadequate" - meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby - has more than doubled from 7% to 15% The CQC, which also inspects core services such as emergency care and Critical Care, said the situation was " unacceptable" and " disappointing"...
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... Six of them are in Critical Care, he said, adding that a helicopter service was being arranged to airlift others...
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... The rollout follows the patient safety commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, is delivered across England s hospitals, giving patients and families the right to an urgent second opinion and rapid review from a Critical Care team if they are worried about a patient s condition...
Judge to decide on ending critically ill baby girl's life support
... " The trust seek a declaration that in the event Indi again deteriorates to a point where medical care and treatment is required to sustain her life, that it is not in Indi s best interests to receive any Critical Care or painful interventions, and it is lawful for her treating clinicians to withhold the same...
NHS ombudsman calls for Martha's rule to give power to patients
... Here people who are worried a patient is deteriorating, but that the healthcare team is not recognising their concerns, can ring a Critical Care hotline for immediate help...
Martha's rule: Call for right to second opinion after tragic teen death
... She wants hospitals around the country to bring in " Martha s rule" which would give parents, carers and patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion from a Critical Care team at the same hospital if they have concerns about their current care...
Pregnant crash victim's family says killer's sentence 'insulting'
... Mr Buckley said the family was able to spend time with her in Critical Care for two days until she died...
Hot weather adds to NHS pressure as doctors strike
... " Emergency, urgent and Critical Care will be prioritised this week but some patients will unfortunately have had their appointments postponed - if you haven t been contacted to reschedule, please do continue to attend your planned appointment...
Covid-19: New mum leaves Royal Papworth hospital after a year
A Pregnant Woman who contracted Covid-19, had an emergency C-section and was put into a Coma before being able to hold her baby has left hospital after More Than a year.
Nicoleta Tuna, 30, from Colchester, was transferred to Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge on 7 November 2021.
She was woken from The Coma in February when her baby daughter Thea was nearly four months old.
Staff clapped her out of The Hospital on Thursday, accompanied by her family.
Ms Tuna, who also has a six-year-old son, said The Turning Point in her recovery after The Coma was her Wish to see her children.
" One of The Doctors came to me and asked what my Last Wish was, " She Said .
" I started to cry and I said, 'I want To Live with my kids, this is my Last Wish ' - The Doctors said, 'OK, this is The Best answer' and after that I started to fight. "
Ms Tuna, who was unvaccinated, caught Covid in October 2021 when she was 36 weeks pregnant.
Her condition deteriorated rapidly and she was initially admitted to Colchester Hospital in late October 2021.
She underwent an emergency C-section before being placed in a Coma - and never got to hold her baby.
Two Weeks ' later, with her condition not improving, she was referred to experts at Royal Papworth for ECMO support.
ECMO - extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation - is a form of life-support for patients with The Most severe forms of heart and lung failure.
The ECMO machine pumps Blood Out of The Body , puts it through an oxygenator, puts oxygen in and gets rid of The carbon dioxide. It Then pumps oxygenated blood back into The Body .
In effect, it removes The need for The patient to use their lungs, which can then rest and recover.
Royal Papworth is, alongside bases in Manchester, Leicester and two in London.
Ms Tuna's run of 299 days on ECMO was The longest ever at The Hospital , it said.
Ms Tuna was woken from her Coma on 22 February this year.
She Said she was shocked when she realised how much time had passed, telling a nurse: " I can't believe it, it's too much. "
She finally held Thea for The First Time when she was six months old.
Her husband said The Hospital had been their family, and that " My Wife is alive because of you".
Critical Care sister Kerry Pooley said it was a " timely reminder, as we head into The Winter months" that Covid could make people " very, very poorly" and urged everyone to get vaccinated.
As Ms Tuna was getting ready to leave The Hospital She Said The staff were " just The Best " and she was Looking Forward to " my second life".
Source of news: bbc.com
