Read story B19: Please tell me what happened (image and text)
Memories of delirium and intensive care can be incomplete, very clear or difficult to explain. The person and their family may remember very different things.
Some people find it helpful to talk through the hospital stay, using information from the team or an intensive care diary if one is available. Others are not ready. Go at the person’s pace. If memories, nightmares or anxiety are affecting daily life, ask the family doctor or team seeing the person after hospital about support.
Story text
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Panel 1. At home, after intensive care.
- Tessa: I only remember bits of it.
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Panel 2.
- Dan: I remember other things. We can talk when you want.
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Panel 3.
- Tessa: Could we go through a little today?
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Panel 4. They use the diary and information from the team.
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Panel 5.
- Nurse: That machine was helping your breathing.
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Panel 6.
- Tessa: There’s still something I don’t understand.
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Panel 7.
- Tessa: That’s enough for today.
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Panel 8.
- Nurse: We can return to it when you’re ready.
Bottom band. After delirium, ask for help understanding what happened.