This is becoming one of my favorite channels. Im always looking forward to another video! I love learning about all things medical and getting a glimpse into a real doctors life is honestly so fascinating!
You could seriously be a teacher, honestly the way you describe things is so educational, your so enthusiastic and inspiring. Your definitely one of the greats in the world. Xx
You are so sweet and smart and I just wanted to let you know that I love you and the channel. What made you want to post it on RUclips? Do patients have to come to the ICU after a siezure in the hospital
I remember when i was only 14 when my nan passed away in the ICU. Everyone had left for the night except my mum who had come home to pick my sisters and i up. After she had passed one of the nurses came up and gave us all a hug and thanked us for coming back. It was a perfect gesture that made a pretty awful night a little less bad.
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. My youngest daughter was in the NICU for 7 weeks. She came home with a tracheostomy, ventilator, oxygen, mini button and pump for her food. It was all a lot to get used to without any medical background. I'm happy to say she's turning 4 tomorrow and we've kicked the ventilator and O2 to the curb 🙌
My dad has spent a lot of time in ICU (over 3 months combined so far) since he fell and suffered a head injury. Your advice to loved ones is so spot on. I’m so glad to know that the medical profession has such a caring and compassionate doctor in its ranks. You seem like you will be a great advocate for patients and families. Thanks for all you do!!!
I remember when I was in hospital, as a patient, and one of the ladies on my ward became unwell and was rushed to the ICU. She had had a bad reaction to a medication and starting convulsing. I wrote her a card and delivered it to the ICU door. Seeing the ICU for the first time was very surprising. Everything was micro-managed perfectly, but you could see the severity of some of the patients' conditions. It's amazing how hard the staff work.
As a retired RN of 23 years, I love to watch your channel! You are one doc I would have been proud and grateful to have worked with!! (and I worked in an 800 bed facility near Washington, D.C. and yes, it was a teaching hospital!)
My dad had to have a mitral valve repair 10 years ago. Oddly enough he had found this exact same procedure in 1980 at the Cleveland clinic with Dr. Toby Cosgrove. He sat mom and I down and explained the whole procedure. When he got out of the surgery the nurses thiught something was wrong because he was so calm about everything so mom explained how he knew everything already. This video is spot on and the ICU nurses are the best!
Wow your hospital is beautiful! I remember the first few times I was in ICU I cried allll over the people working on me and they really took it like champs. Being look at as a person by the nurses and doctors even when I didn’t really feel like it at the time was so so helpful to me.
Was so scared my first time in ICU as a PT, but there I met the most grateful patients, I recibe some gifts for the first time in mi career, and there I decide to go in to medicine, and here I am, third year med student!!
Thank you for sharing this. My mom received a single lung transplant in October and has been in the icu for 45 days now. I think it’s an overwhelming place for caregivers and this is a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing!
I stumbled upon this channel recently, and after watching a marathon of videos, this has become my favourite channel, and restored my faith in the inspiring, educational, and motivating medium youtube can be. First off, thank you so much for making these videos, getting a true insight about a profession is always appreciated by anyone interested in the field and those currently in it. Working in allied health care as well, getting your perspective is really refreshing and educational. Your positive and uplifting nature I'm sure is complimented by many here, but it is definitely what makes you stand out and motivates us all to pursue our careers and days in the same light. Thank you also for teaching something new in each vlog, as it also makes us look up the topic further after and become more informed. Keep up the great work!
As a sophomore nursing student, this entire channel is actually super helpful in getting me ready to be in a hospital setting next semester. I know medical practice and nursing practice are different thought processes and different skills but this whole channel makes me feel so at ease and explaining what really goes on in a hospital and I just love it so much. Thank you Siobhan for all these videos!!
You are such a natural at communicating. You carry such a wonderful demeanor that I love when a resident possesses. Please try to hold on to that for the rest of your practice. I know we all get burned out, it happens to nurses too. I sometimes have to tell myself that although I’ve seen a certain condition or procedure a thousand times, the family hasn’t. Sometimes we get so caught up with all the charting, red tape, legalities, and technicalities imposed upon as healthcare providers, that we forget. New nurses and new doctors make me hopeful!
I just subscribed to your channel, great work here. My daughter is an RN in Florida, her first year and your channel reminded me to thank her for being great! Thank you for doing what you are doing in the greatest profession in the world!
This is a great video! My beloved grandpa was intubated in the ICU a few years ago and when I went to see him I was so shocked and unprepared. It would have really helped to have seen your video then as I was disturbed and now I just worry that he could tell. I really appreciate your educational content and videos like these on what to expect in these scenarios are really helpful for family members!
I have stayed over 70 days in ICUs last year and they really are the most caring nurses. I was often the youngest and most conscious patient in the ICU so I became great friends with a lot of the nurses and respiratory therapists! ❤
Hi Doctor!! I remember reading my medical reco when I was in and out of icu for 2 different hospitals. This all make sense now, I had multiple strokes but luckily I survived without any deformity (Thanks God). Maybe because I was 25. It was 2 years ago but I still have tons of Doctors that taking care of me. That’s why I feel like you are BEST in what you do! We thank you so much Doctor for sharing this to all of us!❤️❤️❤️
I was in the ICU for a week after brain surgery. I was so thankful for the nurses and the medical team that kept a constant eye on me to make sure I was doing okay :) I'm glad to say that surgery went well and I am fully recovered. This video would have been helpful for my family who came to see me. Thank you so much for making this :)
I was terrified when my papa went into the ICU but I was greeted by literally the sweetest people I have ever meet and definitely set an example in me. I cried after I saw him because he had never been there before and one of the nurses actually took me out of the room and explained to me everything that he had and what it did for him and let me see her taking out his NF and i will agree nurses are great!
I really like seeing all these videos. It means more (and makes more sense) than just reading about it if I have questions. So glad you made this channel, Siobhan!
Great video, I can confirm that visiting someone in the ICU is a truly daunting experience for a non-medical student. Hopefully I won't have to go back there anytime soon😥.
Chevon, thank you so very much for sharing your journey. I came across your channel a little while ago and have been watching your older videos in between new ones coming out. Your videos have ramped up my passion to study medicine once my children are a little older so much that I think about it everyday.
Having been in health care for over 20 years and counting and having worked in ICU as an RN for just over three years you are going to be a great doctor. Trust me, I work with just shy of 900 of them. Most are ass hats and I bust their balls every chance I get... the benefits of management. Once in a while some will make me know that our patients are going to have great outcomes. Keep it up!
I know I’m late to the party but my dad was in the ICU last year with literally everything you described. He was in a coma for a week and we were there everyday for 12 hours for rounds with the doctors, tests, and to talk to him. It’s a very scary experience but it is helpful to talk to them and be with them in their time of need. He pulled through and is still here and I feel like being there to talk to him and hold his hand helped all of us.❤️
You are amazing. I’m really afraid of hospitals and they give me so much anxiety. But because of your videos it’s getting so much better and I’m actually kinda fascinated by all the behind the scenes stuff
I want to be a nurse because i Iooked after my elderly dad for 19 years. I used to do his insulin for him. I used to change his dialysis bags. I was the one to drain them and all. I took care of him all till the day he died. And since then want to work with medicine.
Hi Leslie - thank you so much for sharing. That sounds like an incredibly difficult thing for you to have to take on... i'm sure your dad really appreciated everything you did for him!
Thanks for that Siobahn! For me, when I saw my mum in the ICU, it was upsetting as there are just so many tubes around the person they seem so small and helpless by comparison. It's a difficult place to be in definitely! Hopefully when it comes time for my intensive care rotations it'll be a lot more familiar!
You are so kind. The love you have for what you do is so real and genuine. I'm hoping to apply to PA school in the next year, and the insight you give is so much fun and interesting! Thank you☺️
This hit so close to home. I recently had my grandmother in the ICU last year for nearly 2 weeks with all the tubes and was on a catheter for the duration. She's doing ok thankgod. The ICU made my stomach twist uncomfortably. Hospitals make me physically and mentally ill. One would think I'd be not so uncomfortable having an anesthesiologist as an uncle would ease me in. Nah. I'll be far away from hospitals for a long time thank you! But thank you for alleviating my fears Siobhan with a serene smile.
@@ViolinMD Hi, I have been in the ICU as a patient many times when I was younger. About 3 years ago I had to go see my boyfriend/fiancé in the ICU. I was really scared because that was really my first time being in the ICU but not as a patient. Thank you for your very informative message. It helped me a lot. I love watching your videos.
Awesome vlog Siobhan! It's so cool getting to know about your personal take on the various duties and challenges of your residency. Your ability to maintain a constant smile and uplifting personality within a demanding and oftentimes heartbreaking profession, is a testament to your inner strength :)
Hi Elizabeth - I can't tell you how much I appreciate the work RTs do!! seriously... i have such a sense of relief when we can collaborate from vent settings to help with difficult airways!
This is such a perfect and informative video. My very good friend got into an accident and is in a coma at the moment. I was very hesitant to visit him because 1, I want to give his family privacy 2, I've always seen him as a very jolly person and I don't think I can handle seeing him laying on a hospital bed hooked up to all the tubes and machines you talked about and lastly, I wasn't sure if they allow visitors for patients in the ICU.
I just stumbled upon your videos in my recommended and I'm honestly so inspired by you. I'm currently a music performance major in college and I've been considering also going into premed. Seeing someone that plays an instrument like me go into and be so successful and happy in something as intensive as medicine really pushes forward. Please keep making great content. I hope I can be like you one day! :)
Hi! It's been so great to find your channel, since I am also in the Ontario medical system. I am actually in the Physician Assistant program at the University of Toronto & had also applied to McMaster's program too. My first day in ICU was in KW with 2 McMaster residents on morning rounds! I 100% felt that same awkwardness you described - I didn't know if I should be asking/telling the patient I was going to listen to his chest...or if I should even be talking at all! He was sedated & when I asked if he could hear/understand me, they said they didnt know! I was very frightened lol. But I ended up really enjoying the team-based rounds. Love your content!
Hi Siobhan! It's been a couple years since you made this video, and I rewatched it a couple times over the past few weeks, because I am an OT student starting a rotation in the neurosurgical ICU. This video was super helpful in mentally preparing for what I might see.
My dad was in ICU after he had heart surgery and the nurses in there are amazing and the doctors were also amazing. It's scary but if it's a family member or friend visit because my dad remembered me going in to see him and I know he really appreciated it when he woke up and seen a familiar face.
You are such an amazing doctor/youtuber! Thanks for making these incredible videos and explaining things so everyone can understand the technical terms. You look so sweet and your patients are really lucky to have you :) I love your on call vlogs!
This is extraordinary. I've been watching your Vlogs, and oh wow are they busy. Thanks for contributing to society like this, saving lives. You're awesome ❤️
I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago and decided to go back to the first ones and go forward. iCU, I spent a lot of time in one when my grandson was born with HLHS and had a 12 hour open heart surgery at 12 days old. He had two more by the time he was four. I would go and stay with him every other day during the day to give his mom and dad a break. The doctors and nurses were fabulous. I can still remember seeing what looked like a grimace on his face. I would place my hand on his forehead lightly, sing You Are My Sunshine next to his ear and it seemed to calm him down. I remember seeing many things in the ICU. He’s now 16 and doing well. Did I stump you with the HLHS?
I am trying to get into nursing school to become an RN, but I’m terrified of the ICU due to watching someone very close to me die in the ICU so I’m trying to just get over my fear so I can help those in need. Thank you for helping!
Absolutely loved this video! Sometimes families don't know what to expect especially in such a stressful situation, so it is great you took time to explain some of these things :).
I just subscribe to your channel because I find the medical field fascinating. I like to hear new things or read about new medicines or medical technology. I've been ICU Twice in my life for open heart surgery to repair a valve when was 10 and had it replaced with a mechanical valve when I was 40. I don't remember a lot but I remember some and all the nurses &doctors took great care of me.
This would have been really nice to have seen before last month, when my family had a situation. My 80 year old mother had to have an emergency colostomy procedure, and was put in ICU afterward. Visiting her the first time was a shock, as the amount of IV bags and hardware that was present was massive. Unfortunately she was never really responsive, became fully unresponsive and died in (I think it was) 5 days after the procedure of what was diagnosed as severe sepsis.
Hi Siobhan! I love your videos and I am so excited you made this one in particular :) I am a dietetic intern and I am currently one month into my ICU rotations...can definitely 100% relate with how you felt the 1st time in the ICU. Very intimidating and overwhelming. Now that I have been there for a month I am getting into the swing of things, building rapport with the medical team and it is so exciting to see what each discipline brings to patient care. I hope that more and more people begin to see what a vital role dietitians play in critical care! Thanks for your insight, you rock! Xoxo Lina
Hey girl! Just want to say that you are an amazing person. Love your personality and positivity. Keep up the good work! If I lived in Canada, I would choose you as my doctor
I wish I had seen this a year ago! My Grandma was in the ICU for septicemia shortly a couple months before she eventually passed. I was SO scared. I am typically really unflappable and a sturdy type of personality, but waiting for someone to take my Grandpa and I back to see her was terrifying. If I would've seen this, I'd probably be less freaked out.
Old video but as a patient who was in ICU 6 months, with all of this and more going into and out of me, as critically ill as I was I was still aware of a lot of things. My partner would hold my hand and talk to me while I was in a medically induced coma and while I don’t remember specifically what was said I vividly remember feeling less afraid and when you can’t advocate for yourself feeling less afraid was life changing. I remember how uncomfortable it was on the ventilator and how horrifying it was that when my body was trying to breathe in air was being pulled out and that I couldn’t get anyone’s attention to help but when a familiar voice arrived I seemed to not struggle. Advice - don’t fight the machine and it quickly your body gets used to it. My biggest pet peeve was being conscious but had aphasia so I made no sense when talking and my doctors and nurses would talk to my family about me but in a way that was like I wasn’t in the room. I can still a decade later recite those conversations almost verbatim because of how infuriating it was for me not to be able to communicate pain or fear To others when it was as clear as could be to me.
Having been a patient in the ICU who was intubated, it can be a very scary place for the patients, so if you are a family member visiting, just hold the person's hand and let them know that they are in the best possible care they can be in for their situation. Even if you think they can't hear you, they often can, just take my word for it. ;-) After getting out of the ICU and eventually the hospital, family members might want to talk about their experience there or might have trouble doing so but may give you the indication that it's bothering them. Just be there for them and encourage them to express their feelings to you about everything that happened to them. Often PTSD or trauma can occur mentally to patients who were admitted to the ICU. In the end, we all can use a little love, understanding, and TLC! :) My least favorite part of the ICU was probably that doctors were poking and prodding me everywhere quite often, and I didn't get very much rest except when I was knocked out. My message to doctors, nurses, and other staff in the ICUis to just have compassion for your patents and realize that they are going through the worst possible moment in their life at that time, but you CAN make a different by being extra kind and understanding. We might be irritable and grouchy, but please know that it's not you we are mad at, it's just very overwhelming taking in everything with the pain you're in both physically and emotionally. Wow, I even got a little emotional just writing this! (and it's been a few years!)
Thank you very much for sharing Chris - that cannot be easy thinking back on such a difficult time. I really appreciate the message you are providing and I will take that to heart as I go to work for another call shift tomorrow.
My pleasure. Just know that the work you do is amazing, and that you make a difference every day in the lives of many. You are a HEALER, and in my own spiritual beliefs, that is one of the most giving professions one can choose in life. It's such a special position that not all are cut out for, I honestly think people like you are chosen to do such work. But whatever your beliefs, just know that you're doing great work!
This is so awesome. I love your channel! As a first year med student, it’s hard to find residents in Canada to look up to. Thanks so much for sharing all of this :)
Sure wish I had watched a video like this before my first encounter with the ICU....although nothing could have prepared me to see my own child in there, it would have at least given me some initial “heads-up”....great video, thanks!
Hey, it’s Francesca. I just wanted to say WOW your channel is amazing! Everyday before going to work i watch one of your videos 😊you are inspirational!
Over the years I been in ICU for ulcers in 1978, fall out of the third floor window 🪟 and broken back had surgery on it. And seriously head injury in a week. Then went to rehabilitation floor.
Omg!! This video means a lot to me!! I remimber when i was really unwell and was in icu for 8 months strait!! I was 12 then!! Oh i only just realised that it was only 2 years ago!!
Fun little fact About 2 years ago my grandma was simply going to the bathroom and when she was about to wipe her booty she couldn't feel anything on her left side. My grandpa quickly called 911 and in the ER the doctors found she had a "acute stroke" and sent her to the ICU for about a week or so. All the icu nurses are honestly so kind and grateful my grandma is sitting next to me perfectly fine in the car
When I was in ICU at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center I had a nurse in my room 24-7. One day there was a frantic rush of people coming into my room, my bed was surrounded by doctors and nurses. The lead doctor said my blood pressure had dropped and that they needed to take me back into surgery to see where I was bleeding from. Then he told the others to get large bore IV lines in me wherever they could. I don't remember anything else. But the medical people there were able to save me, as did the excellent medical people in Iraq. I am very impressed with these people. I never found out which artery or vein repair had failed, but apparently one of them let go. By-the-way I recommend not getting shot by an AK-47! The recovery is brutal.
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This is becoming one of my favorite channels. Im always looking forward to another video! I love learning about all things medical and getting a glimpse into a real doctors life is honestly so fascinating!
Thank you Shelby!!
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I’m with you ! She really does a great job. It’s a very welcoming channel with great content for learning about medical stuff.
You could seriously be a teacher, honestly the way you describe things is so educational, your so enthusiastic and inspiring. Your definitely one of the greats in the world. Xx
Thank you Emily - i take that has a huge complement! A lot of medicine is teaching and communicating!!
You are so sweet and smart and I just wanted to let you know that I love you and the channel. What made you want to post it on RUclips? Do patients have to come to the ICU after a siezure in the hospital
This gives me a total new perspective about being in an environment like this. Thank you for explaining everything the way people can understand
As an ICU nurse, I love this video! You broke down the things that can be most frightening to family and friends, which is awesome. Love your channel!
Thanks Brittney - so glad you agree with the things I highlighted!
Brittney Lovell what is the worst situation have you had to face
I remember when i was only 14 when my nan passed away in the ICU. Everyone had left for the night except my mum who had come home to pick my sisters and i up.
After she had passed one of the nurses came up and gave us all a hug and thanked us for coming back. It was a perfect gesture that made a pretty awful night a little less bad.
aw sorry to hear about your nan Kaylie - thank you for sharing
I always enjoy your content! Also really like that you show the NG tubes, lines, equipment, what the floor looks like. It’s a great added touch 👍
Thanks Raymond!!
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What was the craziest/scariest thing you’ve seen in the ICU
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. My youngest daughter was in the NICU for 7 weeks. She came home with a tracheostomy, ventilator, oxygen, mini button and pump for her food. It was all a lot to get used to without any medical background. I'm happy to say she's turning 4 tomorrow and we've kicked the ventilator and O2 to the curb 🙌
My dad has spent a lot of time in ICU (over 3 months combined so far) since he fell and suffered a head injury. Your advice to loved ones is so spot on. I’m so glad to know that the medical profession has such a caring and compassionate doctor in its ranks. You seem like you will be a great advocate for patients and families. Thanks for all you do!!!
I remember when I was in hospital, as a patient, and one of the ladies on my ward became unwell and was rushed to the ICU. She had had a bad reaction to a medication and starting convulsing. I wrote her a card and delivered it to the ICU door. Seeing the ICU for the first time was very surprising. Everything was micro-managed perfectly, but you could see the severity of some of the patients' conditions. It's amazing how hard the staff work.
As a retired RN of 23 years, I love to watch your channel! You are one doc I would have been proud and grateful to have worked with!! (and I worked in an 800 bed facility near Washington, D.C. and yes, it was a teaching hospital!)
My dad had to have a mitral valve repair 10 years ago. Oddly enough he had found this exact same procedure in 1980 at the Cleveland clinic with Dr. Toby Cosgrove. He sat mom and I down and explained the whole procedure. When he got out of the surgery the nurses thiught something was wrong because he was so calm about everything so mom explained how he knew everything already.
This video is spot on and the ICU nurses are the best!
Wow your hospital is beautiful! I remember the first few times I was in ICU I cried allll over the people working on me and they really took it like champs. Being look at as a person by the nurses and doctors even when I didn’t really feel like it at the time was so so helpful to me.
Was so scared my first time in ICU as a PT, but there I met the most grateful patients, I recibe some gifts for the first time in mi career, and there I decide to go in to medicine, and here I am, third year med student!!
Wow what a lovely story!! Thank you so much for sharing - so glad to hear you are doing what you love ❤️
Thank you Doctor. I spent a week in the ICU in June 2017 following heart surgery. The ICU staff members were great.
Great message at the end there! ICU is an amazing place
Thank you for sharing this. My mom received a single lung transplant in October and has been in the icu for 45 days now. I think it’s an overwhelming place for caregivers and this is a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing!
I appreciate how caring and kind you are!! You are great DR! Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work!
I am VERY afraid og hospitals but you made me a little bit more comfortable, so thank you alot;)
I stumbled upon this channel recently, and after watching a marathon of videos, this has become my favourite channel, and restored my faith in the inspiring, educational, and motivating medium youtube can be. First off, thank you so much for making these videos, getting a true insight about a profession is always appreciated by anyone interested in the field and those currently in it. Working in allied health care as well, getting your perspective is really refreshing and educational. Your positive and uplifting nature I'm sure is complimented by many here, but it is definitely what makes you stand out and motivates us all to pursue our careers and days in the same light. Thank you also for teaching something new in each vlog, as it also makes us look up the topic further after and become more informed. Keep up the great work!
As a sophomore nursing student, this entire channel is actually super helpful in getting me ready to be in a hospital setting next semester. I know medical practice and nursing practice are different thought processes and different skills but this whole channel makes me feel so at ease and explaining what really goes on in a hospital and I just love it so much. Thank you Siobhan for all these videos!!
I wish you were my doctor! I trust you more then the doctors I have in my small town! Keep up the good work ❤🇨🇦
You are such a natural at communicating. You carry such a wonderful demeanor that I love when a resident possesses. Please try to hold on to that for the rest of your practice. I know we all get burned out, it happens to nurses too. I sometimes have to tell myself that although I’ve seen a certain condition or procedure a thousand times, the family hasn’t. Sometimes we get so caught up with all the charting, red tape, legalities, and technicalities imposed upon as healthcare providers, that we forget. New nurses and new doctors make me hopeful!
I just subscribed to your channel, great work here. My daughter is an RN in Florida, her first year and your channel reminded me to thank her for being great! Thank you for doing what you are doing in the greatest profession in the world!
This is a great video! My beloved grandpa was intubated in the ICU a few years ago and when I went to see him I was so shocked and unprepared. It would have really helped to have seen your video then as I was disturbed and now I just worry that he could tell. I really appreciate your educational content and videos like these on what to expect in these scenarios are really helpful for family members!
I have stayed over 70 days in ICUs last year and they really are the most caring nurses. I was often the youngest and most conscious patient in the ICU so I became great friends with a lot of the nurses and respiratory therapists! ❤
Hi Doctor!! I remember reading my medical reco when I was in and out of icu for 2 different hospitals. This all make sense now, I had multiple strokes but luckily I survived without any deformity (Thanks God). Maybe because I was 25. It was 2 years ago but I still have tons of Doctors that taking care of me. That’s why I feel like you are BEST in what you do! We thank you so much Doctor for sharing this to all of us!❤️❤️❤️
I really do thank ppl like u helping others I pray everyday for y’all thank you so much and wish other patients luck
I was in the ICU for a week after brain surgery. I was so thankful for the nurses and the medical team that kept a constant eye on me to make sure I was doing okay :) I'm glad to say that surgery went well and I am fully recovered. This video would have been helpful for my family who came to see me. Thank you so much for making this :)
I love listening to you. You're a great Dr. We that work in the hospital sometimes forget to explain things we're use too.
I was terrified when my papa went into the ICU but I was greeted by literally the sweetest people I have ever meet and definitely set an example in me. I cried after I saw him because he had never been there before and one of the nurses actually took me out of the room and explained to me everything that he had and what it did for him and let me see her taking out his NF and i will agree nurses are great!
I'm not a doctor but I love watching your channel I feel like I'm learning so much, plus it makes visiting less daunting tbh
I really like seeing all these videos. It means more (and makes more sense) than just reading about it if I have questions. So glad you made this channel, Siobhan!
You’re so humble. Love your channel.
Great video, I can confirm that visiting someone in the ICU is a truly daunting experience for a non-medical student. Hopefully I won't have to go back there anytime soon😥.
Agreed Martin - sorry to hear you were visiting someone there
Chevon, thank you so very much for sharing your journey. I came across your channel a little while ago and have been watching your older videos in between new ones coming out. Your videos have ramped up my passion to study medicine once my children are a little older so much that I think about it everyday.
It's actually spelled Siobhán, I know irish isn't easy.
Having been in health care for over 20 years and counting and having worked in ICU as an RN for just over three years you are going to be a great doctor. Trust me, I work with just shy of 900 of them. Most are ass hats and I bust their balls every chance I get... the benefits of management. Once in a while some will make me know that our patients are going to have great outcomes. Keep it up!
I love how not only is this informative but you made it easier to understand and you were kind about it! ❤️
I know I’m late to the party but my dad was in the ICU last year with literally everything you described. He was in a coma for a week and we were there everyday for 12 hours for rounds with the doctors, tests, and to talk to him. It’s a very scary experience but it is helpful to talk to them and be with them in their time of need. He pulled through and is still here and I feel like being there to talk to him and hold his hand helped all of us.❤️
You are amazing. I’m really afraid of hospitals and they give me so much anxiety. But because of your videos it’s getting so much better and I’m actually kinda fascinated by all the behind the scenes stuff
I want to be a nurse because i Iooked after my elderly dad for 19 years. I used to do his insulin for him. I used to change his dialysis bags. I was the one to drain them and all. I took care of him all till the day he died. And since then want to work with medicine.
Hi Leslie - thank you so much for sharing. That sounds like an incredibly difficult thing for you to have to take on... i'm sure your dad really appreciated everything you did for him!
and Hats Off to ALL of you who are pursuing this as a career. You all are real life heroes and I can't thank you all enough for everything you do
Thanks for that Siobahn! For me, when I saw my mum in the ICU, it was upsetting as there are just so many tubes around the person they seem so small and helpless by comparison. It's a difficult place to be in definitely! Hopefully when it comes time for my intensive care rotations it'll be a lot more familiar!
Thank you for sharing - sorry to hear about your mum, that must have been incredibly difficult to see her that way!
You are so kind. The love you have for what you do is so real and genuine. I'm hoping to apply to PA school in the next year, and the insight you give is so much fun and interesting! Thank you☺️
I never thought I’d be a dr but seeing your do it really inspires me!!!
This hit so close to home. I recently had my grandmother in the ICU last year for nearly 2 weeks with all the tubes and was on a catheter for the duration. She's doing ok thankgod. The ICU made my stomach twist uncomfortably. Hospitals make me physically and mentally ill. One would think I'd be not so uncomfortable having an anesthesiologist as an uncle would ease me in. Nah. I'll be far away from hospitals for a long time thank you! But thank you for alleviating my fears Siobhan with a serene smile.
I think Isolation would be a great topic as it can be intimidating to gown up.
oooooh thanks Ashely - I didn't even think of that, but you are so right!
@@ViolinMD Hi, I have been in the ICU as a patient many times when I was younger. About 3 years ago I had to go see my boyfriend/fiancé in the ICU. I was really scared because that was really my first time being in the ICU but not as a patient. Thank you for your very informative message. It helped me a lot. I love watching your videos.
Awesome vlog Siobhan! It's so cool getting to know about your personal take on the various duties and challenges of your residency. Your ability to maintain a constant smile and uplifting personality within a demanding and oftentimes heartbreaking profession, is a testament to your inner strength :)
I absolutely love your channel! I am a respiratory therapist and I work in the ICU all the time!
Hi Elizabeth - I can't tell you how much I appreciate the work RTs do!! seriously... i have such a sense of relief when we can collaborate from vent settings to help with difficult airways!
This is such a perfect and informative video. My very good friend got into an accident and is in a coma at the moment. I was very hesitant to visit him because 1, I want to give his family privacy 2, I've always seen him as a very jolly person and I don't think I can handle seeing him laying on a hospital bed hooked up to all the tubes and machines you talked about and lastly, I wasn't sure if they allow visitors for patients in the ICU.
you literally have the personality of my teacher, nice but serious
Love your channel, you just inspierd me to start med school! LOVE FROM SWEDEN❤️❤️
Yesssss plz keep doing this kind of educational videos ..especially for us who are non native English speakers ... thanks alot Dr
Great advice. I was recently in the icu and while I was up and kicking, many neighbors in icu were not.
I just stumbled upon your videos in my recommended and I'm honestly so inspired by you. I'm currently a music performance major in college and I've been considering also going into premed. Seeing someone that plays an instrument like me go into and be so successful and happy in something as intensive as medicine really pushes forward. Please keep making great content. I hope I can be like you one day! :)
Hi! It's been so great to find your channel, since I am also in the Ontario medical system. I am actually in the Physician Assistant program at the University of Toronto & had also applied to McMaster's program too. My first day in ICU was in KW with 2 McMaster residents on morning rounds! I 100% felt that same awkwardness you described - I didn't know if I should be asking/telling the patient I was going to listen to his chest...or if I should even be talking at all! He was sedated & when I asked if he could hear/understand me, they said they didnt know! I was very frightened lol. But I ended up really enjoying the team-based rounds. Love your content!
Thanks for the mention of dietitians! We get forgotten so often.
Such an important role!! we definitely don't forget you in our ICU team :)
Hey! Thanks to the shoutout to Respiratory Therapy! Love you channel
Hi Siobhan! It's been a couple years since you made this video, and I rewatched it a couple times over the past few weeks, because I am an OT student starting a rotation in the neurosurgical ICU. This video was super helpful in mentally preparing for what I might see.
My dad was in ICU after he had heart surgery and the nurses in there are amazing and the doctors were also amazing. It's scary but if it's a family member or friend visit because my dad remembered me going in to see him and I know he really appreciated it when he woke up and seen a familiar face.
You are such an amazing doctor/youtuber! Thanks for making these incredible videos and explaining things so everyone can understand the technical terms. You look so sweet and your patients are really lucky to have you :) I love your on call vlogs!
This is extraordinary. I've been watching your Vlogs, and oh wow are they busy. Thanks for contributing to society like this, saving lives. You're awesome ❤️
I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago and decided to go back to the first ones and go forward. iCU, I spent a lot of time in one when my grandson was born with HLHS and had a 12 hour open heart surgery at 12 days old. He had two more by the time he was four. I would go and stay with him every other day during the day to give his mom and dad a break. The doctors and nurses were fabulous. I can still remember seeing what looked like a grimace on his face. I would place my hand on his forehead lightly, sing You Are My Sunshine next to his ear and it seemed to calm him down. I remember seeing many things in the ICU. He’s now 16 and doing well. Did I stump you with the HLHS?
Your channel is so amazing and educational. Love seeing the life of a doctor in real life and not just TV 😂😂
I am trying to get into nursing school to become an RN, but I’m terrified of the ICU due to watching someone very close to me die in the ICU so I’m trying to just get over my fear so I can help those in need. Thank you for helping!
I look forward to your video every Saturday!!! :)
love this channel, I watch your videos everyday! so educational and fun! keep doing what you’re doing
Absolutely loved this video! Sometimes families don't know what to expect especially in such a stressful situation, so it is great you took time to explain some of these things :).
If possible could you do a vlog about what a day not on call is like :-)
Hahah yeah sure I can do that! It’s true I often do vlog on call haha
I just subscribe to your channel because I find the medical field fascinating. I like to hear new things or read about new medicines or medical technology. I've been ICU Twice in my life for open heart surgery to repair a valve when was 10 and had it replaced with a mechanical valve when I was 40. I don't remember a lot but I remember some and all the nurses &doctors took great care of me.
Hi Lisa - it sounds like you have been through a lot! thank you for sharing!
This would have been really nice to have seen before last month, when my family had a situation. My 80 year old mother had to have an emergency colostomy procedure, and was put in ICU afterward. Visiting her the first time was a shock, as the amount of IV bags and hardware that was present was massive. Unfortunately she was never really responsive, became fully unresponsive and died in (I think it was) 5 days after the procedure of what was diagnosed as severe sepsis.
Aw Jeff I’m so sorry to hear about your loss - all the very best to you and your family!
Thank you, that's appreciated. My siblings and their families are all local, so that and many local family friends all helped.
It’s amazing watching your channel grow so quickly!! Super proud of you!!
Thanks Marianne! I'm also amazed and so grateful!!
Yeah good thing for you ,,
I love this channel! Thank you so much for opening my eyes about the ICU!
I’m going to school for Vet Tech, and some how these videos are soooo interesting. You are so calm and genuine. Love it 💙💙💙💙💙
ICU survivor here. Many admissions since birth. Great video
Girl!I want to become a doctor!!!U are living my dream life!!!
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!
Hi Siobhan! I love your videos and I am so excited you made this one in particular :) I am a dietetic intern and I am currently one month into my ICU rotations...can definitely 100% relate with how you felt the 1st time in the ICU. Very intimidating and overwhelming. Now that I have been there for a month I am getting into the swing of things, building rapport with the medical team and it is so exciting to see what each discipline brings to patient care. I hope that more and more people begin to see what a vital role dietitians play in critical care! Thanks for your insight, you rock! Xoxo Lina
Hi Lena - thank you so much for your message! we have such fantastic dietitian on our team... i can tell you we value you guys so much!
I’m 13 and I really want to be a lawyer but watching these videos make me want to do what you do
aw thank you Kain - there are so many amazing careers!!
After seeing your videos,I really want to be a doctor...love you,thank you for that 💕
Hey girl! Just want to say that you are an amazing person. Love your personality and positivity. Keep up the good work! If I lived in Canada, I would choose you as my doctor
I wish I had seen this a year ago! My Grandma was in the ICU for septicemia shortly a couple months before she eventually passed. I was SO scared. I am typically really unflappable and a sturdy type of personality, but waiting for someone to take my Grandpa and I back to see her was terrifying. If I would've seen this, I'd probably be less freaked out.
Old video but as a patient who was in ICU 6 months, with all of this and more going into and out of me, as critically ill as I was I was still aware of a lot of things. My partner would hold my hand and talk to me while I was in a medically induced coma and while I don’t remember specifically what was said I vividly remember feeling less afraid and when you can’t advocate for yourself feeling less afraid was life changing. I remember how uncomfortable it was on the ventilator and how horrifying it was that when my body was trying to breathe in air was being pulled out and that I couldn’t get anyone’s attention to help but when a familiar voice arrived I seemed to not struggle. Advice - don’t fight the machine and it quickly your body gets used to it. My biggest pet peeve was being conscious but had aphasia so I made no sense when talking and my doctors and nurses would talk to my family about me but in a way that was like I wasn’t in the room. I can still a decade later recite those conversations almost verbatim because of how infuriating it was for me not to be able to communicate pain or fear To others when it was as clear as could be to me.
How do you prepare mentally for a shift in the ICU?
Having been a patient in the ICU who was intubated, it can be a very scary place for the patients, so if you are a family member visiting, just hold the person's hand and let them know that they are in the best possible care they can be in for their situation. Even if you think they can't hear you, they often can, just take my word for it. ;-) After getting out of the ICU and eventually the hospital, family members might want to talk about their experience there or might have trouble doing so but may give you the indication that it's bothering them. Just be there for them and encourage them to express their feelings to you about everything that happened to them. Often PTSD or trauma can occur mentally to patients who were admitted to the ICU. In the end, we all can use a little love, understanding, and TLC! :) My least favorite part of the ICU was probably that doctors were poking and prodding me everywhere quite often, and I didn't get very much rest except when I was knocked out. My message to doctors, nurses, and other staff in the ICUis to just have compassion for your patents and realize that they are going through the worst possible moment in their life at that time, but you CAN make a different by being extra kind and understanding. We might be irritable and grouchy, but please know that it's not you we are mad at, it's just very overwhelming taking in everything with the pain you're in both physically and emotionally. Wow, I even got a little emotional just writing this! (and it's been a few years!)
Thank you very much for sharing Chris - that cannot be easy thinking back on such a difficult time. I really appreciate the message you are providing and I will take that to heart as I go to work for another call shift tomorrow.
My pleasure. Just know that the work you do is amazing, and that you make a difference every day in the lives of many. You are a HEALER, and in my own spiritual beliefs, that is one of the most giving professions one can choose in life. It's such a special position that not all are cut out for, I honestly think people like you are chosen to do such work. But whatever your beliefs, just know that you're doing great work!
This is so awesome. I love your channel! As a first year med student, it’s hard to find residents in Canada to look up to. Thanks so much for sharing all of this :)
Sure wish I had watched a video like this before my first encounter with the ICU....although nothing could have prepared me to see my own child in there, it would have at least given me some initial “heads-up”....great video, thanks!
I wish I saw this a month or two ago before visiting my aunt in the ICU. I love your videos Siobhan! They’re so interesting 😍😍
Love your vlogs. I get excited to see new ones. Keep up the great job.
“Don’t let tubes sticking out of their neck freak you out!” Oh yah I can totally do that. Price of cake right😅😳
Hey, it’s Francesca. I just wanted to say WOW your channel is amazing! Everyday before going to work i watch one of your videos 😊you are inspirational!
oh wow thank you so much Francesca - that means a lot!
Violin MD you are welcome, have a good day!
I like watching your information on what the ICU about!
I want to listen to your memorable experiences in ICU story.. in longer duration.. ❤️
Over the years I been in ICU for ulcers in 1978, fall out of the third floor window 🪟 and broken back had surgery on it. And seriously head injury in a week. Then went to rehabilitation floor.
Honestly, you are so inspirational! I'm looking forward to your next vlog!!
I wish you worked in Thunder Bay. Nurses and patients alike must love love love you :)
Omg!! This video means a lot to me!! I remimber when i was really unwell and was in icu for 8 months strait!! I was 12 then!! Oh i only just realised that it was only 2 years ago!!
I really love your ICU videos. Please continue to make more.
Fun little fact
About 2 years ago my grandma was simply going to the bathroom and when she was about to wipe her booty she couldn't feel anything on her left side. My grandpa quickly called 911 and in the ER the doctors found she had a "acute stroke" and sent her to the ICU for about a week or so. All the icu nurses are honestly so kind and grateful my grandma is sitting next to me perfectly fine in the car
When I was in ICU at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center I had a nurse in my room 24-7. One day there was a frantic rush of people coming into my room, my bed was surrounded by doctors and nurses. The lead doctor said my blood pressure had dropped and that they needed to take me back into surgery to see where I was bleeding from. Then he told the others to get large bore IV lines in me wherever they could. I don't remember anything else. But the medical people there were able to save me, as did the excellent medical people in Iraq. I am very impressed with these people. I never found out which artery or vein repair had failed, but apparently one of them let go. By-the-way I recommend not getting shot by an AK-47! The recovery is brutal.
Being an intensive care physician is my dream! This year I am preparing myself for residency! Wish me luck!
Also you should mention ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine.