My mom had cardiac arrest and is in ICU,has brain damage and is not “waking up”, what should we do?

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My mother went into cardiac arrest after a heart attack! She’s been in ICU for 1 week, has brain damage and is not “waking up”, what should we do?
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Hi, it’s Patrik Hutzel from INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM, where we instantly improve the lives for Families of critically ill Patients in Intensive Care, so that you can make informed decisions, have PEACE OF MIND, real power, real control and so that you can influence decision making fast, even if you’re not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
This is another episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” and in last week’s episode I answered another question from our readers and the question last week was
I have lost my 62 year old husband last year in Intensive Care after cardiac arrest! The Intensive Care team withdrew treatment against my will! Could he have been saved?
You can check out the answer to last week’s question by clicking on the link here.
In this week’s episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” I want to answer another question from one of our readers and the question this week is
“My mother went into cardiac arrest after a heart attack! She’s been in ICU for 1 week, has brain damage and is not “waking up”, what should we do?”
Continuation...
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[@julietteanne1964]

never give up hope ...

[@tessmarshall4840]

I had a Cardiac Arrest in Somerset, UK on November 13th 2022. I was found unconcious in the high street and not breathing, lucky for me an off duty nurse saw me collapse and gave me CPR. I was airlifted to Mushgrove Hospital and put in a coma for 12 hours. I woke up on a ventilator to be told i had been a very lucky man...i thank God every day that i am now back to work leading a normal life. I also have an ICD in my chest just in case this happens again. Thank you to Danni for saving my life x

[@amiewestlake3805]

I wish I had found this when my mother died very comforting

[@alenaranjan5115]

Call upon the name of Jesus🙏 He is powerful and will save ❤ blessings to everyone reading this message. Jesus loves you. Anything bad that ever happens to any family members or your loved ones know that it’s not God it’s the enemy. Word of God says enemy comes to kill steal and destroy and Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly. So call upon Jesus name dear brothers and sisters and see God save your loved one ❤

[@LotusBeautyForever]

Amen ❤🙏🏽✨✨✨

[@tarnishajackson6478]

Amen

[@SouthParkComedian]

My mom is 61. She had a heart attack and cardiac arrest for 30 minutes. It has been 5 days, she is awake, she is breathing on her own, she reacts to stimulus, and she will use her eyes and head to follow you. We are not sure to the extent of her brain injury but all these signs give us hope. She still has the ventilator in because she isn't following commands and the drs are afraid she won't be able to clear her pathway. We need to make a decision on putting in a trachea or "letting nature run its course"

[@cristibox3341]

How is she?

[@moelnewishy3080]

God bless her. Any update?

[@kjohnson1329]

Same case with my brother please help

[@timi_turnaj7623]

My father went into cardiac arrest for 10 minutes and was brain dead flailing around it was hell on earth to see - he passed away 3 weeks later honestly there’s no fully coming back

[@user-iz7kf1te5y]

@@timi_turnaj7623you can’t be brain dead and “flailing around.”

[@nonyabiness4023]

I just went through this with my dad. Long Covid damaged his lungs. He had Covid in March of 2020, but never was able to breathe well after that. March 15th of this year, 4 years later he went into cardiac arrest because he couldn’t breathe. Ambulance came and he was out for 27 minutes. He was on a ventilator in the ICU. We made the decision after a week to take him off and he passed 4 days later! I’m heartbroken 💔

[@Battleaxegunner]

My mother just passed out yesterday in a Cardiac arrest and was taken to the hospital. I went with her in the ambulance. She is Type 2 Diabetic, and when they checked her vitals, her blood sugar was up at around 230ish. Currently, as of now, they told me through the phone that her vitals are solid, just low blood pressure, and fluctuating glucose. She is unresponsive, and it has been confirmed that she has brain damage according to what the doctor told me. They did her CT scan and it went well. They just put another IV line through her recently today too. I just hope she does wake back and will return home well in one piece!

[@debblackmore7460]

Bless sending love stay strong stay safe hope mother will have a speedy recovery xx

[@Battleaxegunner]

@@debblackmore7460 My mother passed on the 31st. And thank you.

[@debblackmore7460]

@@Battleaxegunner bless condolences always in mind and heart in a better place no more pain sending hugs so sorry sending love xx

[@Battleaxegunner]

@@debblackmore7460 Thank you! *Hugs*

[@LadyCLaner]

Thinking of you, even 3 years later. I hope that you have peace and comfort.

[@rameeztariq5573]

My mother has had a cardiac arrest on the 2 April 2022 and is in ICU on ventilator support. They did a CT scan and are saying that they saw that there is a loss of grey and white matter differentiation. I don’t understand what they mean by this, they did an EEG and found minimal brain activity. She is unresponsive to stimuli and pain.

[@christinaspeer6476]

her eyes are also open which they werent when this first took place they do move side to side as well

[@christinaspeer6476]

She is in ICU because she had a boil that turned septic which turned into necrotizing facitis. And they had to do surgery and 6 hours after surgery her heart stopped they also said that it stopped in the beginning of surgery but she was revived right away and they continued surgery. After surgery she tried pulling out her tubes so they sedated her and thats when 6 hours later it stopped again.

[@KINGRG1]

My dad went through this 2 weeks ago due to malpractice. He’s a vegetable now with his eyes open..

[@mellowhead3468]

Same with me he was in icu for 2 months

[@asifaslam2835]

My mom had a cardiac arrest shes breathing her eyes are open but shes irresponsive. It's been a few days now and im going crazy never been this sad b4. I can't handle this

[@trustmebrothesource895]

How is she?

[@sanjeevsingh-nh4xj]

Hii Asif Aslam! How is your mother now.....my father is going through the same phase of life. Did she recover well? Please reply

[@at2239]

@@sanjeevsingh-nh4xj Hi Sanjeev, did your dad recover?

[@sanjeevsingh-nh4xj]

@@at2239 no... It has been 4 years and 1 mo th, he is still in vegetative state.

[@LadyCLaner]

​@@sanjeevsingh-nh4xj Very sorry. Prayers for your family. ❤

[@supremediva4058]

Do you do celebrity diagnosis? Rapper DMX going through a very similar situation. You seem to give clear information on the topic.

[@shahnaazshaik8780]

Has anyone tried stem cell therapy for Vegetative state post cardiac arrest ?

[@helenewebster-sisk2407]

That's what happened to my Late Mother.

[@syngensmyth4587]

One theme I regularly see is when a family is more assertive and life support remains the doctors always say "We must wait and see" there is a reluctance to prognosticate with a survivor of brain injury. When the decision is being made however there is often pressure on the family with very definite statements of survival being impossible and hopeless. Some families acquiesce to the doctors and some assert that efforts should remain in place. In some of the more ambiguous cases survival has occured and I think the Dr's absolutely test the resolve of family where it could go either way.

[@MrsSurchi]

Hi ,My mom is 71 she is in ICU and had a cardiac arrest 5 days back ,she was In hospital because of lung infection that cured .She is diabatic and getting daylasis every other day ,she got cardiac arrest during daylasis . Hospital staff brought her back within 5-6 min .Now she is out of danger had all the test done but she is not coming back to her senses .She is not on ventilator .Can she you please suggest what can we do to bring the sense back .

[@mellowhead3468]

Sounds similar to my dad but my dad needed a heart transplant and was on dialysis and is a diabetic he was in icu for 2 months but cardiac arrests kept happening life support wasn’t strong enough for him and they could t do a transplant because he had an infection it’s the worst pain I hate doctors now

[@vegvixxxen829]

I need help my fiancé had fallen down the stairs had a seizure then at the hospital he lost oxygen due to cardiac arrest for 10 minutes they revived him. However now they say he has atoxic brain injury and I’m waiting on his mri today. They are very negative and show me no hope. I have hope his vitals are good everything else is good overall except his brain. It’s swollen now and also he’s not sedated right now and his eyes flicker but they don’t believe he’s responsive. I can’t and won’t give up. The eeg was better than two days ago the neurologist said .His fall was Thursday. Please help with anything I can suggest or do please

[@MrSihle1]

Hi. I hope he is doing well now.

[@dewannaglow8365]

I’m so sorry! I’m prayed for you both! How is your fiancé?

[@LadyCLaner]

Very sorry ❤ How are you?

[@vegvixxxen829]

@@LadyCLaner been taking care of him 5 years now a lot has happened thanks for asking

[@helenewebster-sisk2407]

The Nurologist at WSAMCS nor Cardiologist inform me of her Iatrogenic Malfeasance Personal Injuries, prognosis nor aftercare etc.

[@uzairrajpoot6332]

My brother had the same situation almost h but he had a caridiac arrest during his hand plastic surgery he is not a heart patient since then he is not waking up doctors said his brain is shirinking wht should we do we cant afford such expensive treatment he is the only son of my mother plz help from pakistan

[@jessicamartinez9765]

My sister has been in hospital 6 28 18 she had a stroke then she had blood clot in her brain sweeling of her brain .so they took some her skull off so her brain to breathe . She a diabetes since she was 12 now she 43. She had 2 heart attacks the last revived her and her ribs got broke she on breathing tube in her neck .she has has blood clots Thur out her body ... She is married her husband is a drug accident and he's has made a list who can go see her .will I'm not on that list as a week ago .I had visit with my only big sis. And he's not letting my mother know what the doctors are saying about my sis .he abused her blows to the head .that's why my family don't like him . This is the first time that she been like this . I know God is control of my sister life .but her husband doesn't .he told the doctors when can I take him home .... And we thought we lost her 2 to 3 times already .because of her husband saying this and that ...... Please Patrick what can I do for my only big sister .?

[@at2239]

Hi, how is your sister doing if you don’t mind me asking?

[@mykeyeshapedroza6098]

What if my mom has anoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest but all her Organs are functioning and she even move’s with pain

[@omkarkarekar4066]

Any update ?

[@PremPahadi]

My father had a cardiac arrest 30 days before now he is in coma, his eyes is opening and reacting bit when doctors give him more pain, he is on ventilator but all outputs are good so can he recover plzz suggest me what to do...nd doctors said his brain has been diffuse and in eeg it shows diffuse generalized background slowing ... Plzz help me what to do and what to think agead..plzz reply

[@PremPahadi]

@@INTENSIVECAREATHOME tell me wtsap number or email id where i can send you the details or reports so that you can help me out

[@dewannaglow8365]

I’m so sorry to hear that. How is your father now?

[@gamingwithava1449]

My mom had a cardiac but she’s not waking up and it means death she’s pronounced brain dead 😭

[@INTENSIVECAREATHOME]

Have you looked at the medical records that proper and due diligence has taken place before she has been pronounced brain dead or do you take the ICU team's word for face value without doing due diligence?

[@joannefield7574]

I am so sorry you went through this with your mum. Cardiac arrest is very hard on the brain and body. It will take as long as your body needs to get better. Unlike being classed as clinically dead, there are apparently 3 tests they do before pronouncing someone brain dead. Do you know if they did these tests? I hope you mum did wake up and things are going good for you both now.

[@christinaspeer6476]

hello my wife had a cardiac arrest on 07/31/18 and now has an anoxic brain injury and cannot be taken off the ventilator or she can not breath. and they cant do a trech because of her neck anatomy. she has now been on the ventilator for 28 days which is a long time. they are giving no hope and suggest that i should disconnect her which i refuse to do because i have faith. she responds to pain when they do the pain assessment. she sometimes responds to the flash light when it is shined in her eyes and she sometimes will wake up when we touch her and ask her to open her eyes but it is not consistent. they say that it took somewhere around 11 minutes to come back but they are not sure how long the heart what actually stopped because the heart was gradually stopping. it caused damage to her liver and kidneys and is also on dialysis. her levels go up and down some days the kidneys are improving but some days the levels rise. they said she does not have brain swelling and is not brain dead but is in a vegetative state. she is not on sedation at all. i dont know where to go from here.

[@MrSihle1]

Hi, I'm sorry about situation, That's almost like the problem I have with my mother... I just dnt knw what to do anymore.

[@atlantisautosales3172]

Sihle Nzuza hows your mother doing now ?

[@shikhayadav5832]

How is ur wife now??

[@enrique4pf]

Can someone live if they have a heart attack and have Brain damage after pls respond asap

[@looks4062]

Deb Blackmore my friend died 30 min. He is on a breathing machine. His body feels warm. He moves a little when I talk to him. I want to believe he will come out. But, I'm unsure his loved ones will let him stay connected.

[@debblackmore7460]

@@looks4062 bless our is your friend now hope recovering stay safe stay strong sending love from UK xx

[@supernova8216]

If after heart attack brain damage patient can recover

[@roshill2010]

Can cardiac arrest happen in coma? Or is that someone's miss doing that led to it.

[@roshill2010]

@@INTENSIVECAREATHOME Yes, my father he has passed away this morning. Thank you for the information. I looked up alot of sources about it he did have palpitations previously over the years. And I didn't know the difference between the two.

[@debblackmore7460]

I had cardiac arrest I died 26 minutes in coma I had 2 little heart attacks everyone was saying goodbye switching machine off I wroke up spent weeks months in coma years rehab learning talk walk again the brain is amazing organ dont give up on people in coma talk to them we hear it all keep positive sending luck and love from headway Nottingham UK x

[@turtlesage25]

@@debblackmore7460 Thats amazing, how did you go about learning to walk again?

[@debblackmore7460]

@@turtlesage25 hi it was hard learning talk walk again but I never gave up I knew I needed to do it a few falls lol never give up keep going keep strong keep trying wishing luck to anyone going through this you can do it sending love from headway Nottingham UK x

[@doragrey8308]

@@debblackmore7460 Hope 🙏 My god bless you 🙏 so good to hear 🙏 😭 My brother is in extreme condition from cardiac arrest 😭😭🙏 we wish he could come back to us

[@into_the_void]

My uncle is in this situation in india ,took 12 mins to resuscitate. Was on ventilator and induced coma for a week, now on trachea tube . Sedation stopped , eyes opened but no reaction to stimulation. We tried to play family messages on earphones and there were some tears in his eyes. Eeg showed low activity but mri was not possible. Might be able to take mri tomorrow. Can it be that audio response is working but other neural processes are affected ? Are there any new therapies or is this the end of the line

[@SSMN2492]

How is he now? Sending love and prayers

[@into_the_void]

@@SSMN2492 thanks... He passed a week later

[@lucyselleck6425]

I agree with your videos to a point but the intensive care team also dislike causing suffering , I hate seeing patient's kept alive for people , seizing, being sedated to tolerate the tube for days on end for family to get a second opinion, then realise it's the same opinion, not accepting recommendations, bringing stories of other people surviving. CTB, EEG, testing all confirm severe hypoxic injury and status but still the miracle is wanted and had he died days ago it could have been more peaceful, less agony and now he will most likely breath for a half a day or die from a pneumonia after a month because he cannot cough or stop seizing. death is a part of life and needs to be respected. getting a bed is the last reason to pull out a tube, well patients should leave the intensive care. you can't force doctors to do things to patients, if it is not in their best interests and the decision to palliate is always a collaborative one with family but not for family to decide. the burden of that decision is with those who have the knowledge of what is best in keeping with their wishes.

[@lucyselleck6425]

7 days is time enough to see if someone will recover. Family wanting weeks is prolonged suffering

[@lucyselleck6425]

What is ‘too early ‘ in your opinion?

[@lucyselleck6425]

Patrik Hutzel 7 weeks?! That’s a long time. I’m talking out of hospital arrest, hypoxia, myoclonic jerks, breathing but poor gag/cough and so the likelihood of sitting up and enjoying a crossword, which is what they loved , even at a basic non mobile level, is not going to happen. They just breath and breath and lay there when we pull the tube for another week or two until they die naturally. They don’t talk, enjoy food, enjoy seeing family or even basic things and this is when we pull the tube and they live , it’s not that black and white that people die or stay on life support . Just bring on a ventilator prolongs the inevitable and it’s not fair to the patient. I’d hate it if I were left like that

[@lucyselleck6425]

The undifferentiated ventilation dependent patient is pretty rare. We have those and we keep going when it uncertain but I think you are giving people false hope that their loved one is one of these mythical creatures that will wake from massive brain hypoxia. It’s great to be informed and sometimes I wish families had been more pushy and the team would explain more, there are some shit doctors , but expecting people to get better is sad when the damage is done. I wish they would improve but people die

[@lucyselleck6425]

And that’s where your company steps in I suppose and makes money out of the process. Just saw the website . Makes sense now

[@joelfranco4946]

My nephew 14 randomly woke up 2/15/2020 and just was like uhhhhhhh and dropped to his knees he spewed blood like it over filled, his heart stopped they say maybe 15 mins. The ambulance brought him back he breathes on his own but then stops his heart is getting better but they said his brain isnt creating too many waves not flat but small waves he’ll open his eyes every now and then. He twitches too. What can this be they cnt find any viruses or cancerous things it was just a freak incident