What Is It Actually Like To Be On Life Support

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Accidents can be deadly, and when they leave the victims alive, they can still be extremely life-changing. Today we're going to see what it's like for someone on life support. How do these machines keep the human body alive, and how does the hospital take care of someone who is deep in a coma. Can you ever wake up after being on life support? Find out everything you are dying to know right here.

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My dad had the LVAD. He passed away last Nov waiting on a heart transplant😢I miss him everyday.

christyb

Imagine being in a coma for years and then waking up in 2020...Yikes

Top_Nepper

Respiratory Therapist here. I have took care of many patients that are on mechanical ventilation, it is indeed very uncomfortable for many patients imagine having a machine force a breath for you when you don’t want it at that time. Another thing PEEP is usually used to help stint the alveoli open to improve oxygenation. Many patients can talk while having a tracheostomy tube in provided they have the correct equipment (Passy-Muir valve) and patients normally would say it is more comfortable being trach vs ETT intubation.

LIVElifeHii

Who needs school when you have the infographics show

forestplaysgames

Only watching this to see what my favorite aunt had to go thru and btw she is not with us today may she fly high

chickennuggetdoddle

My son spent 36hrs in a medically induced coma, he did nothing for himself. Intubation was horrible but seeing it come out was worse.

He was septic and after 36hrs came out ok,
5yrs after he is perfect and happy.

lauraodonoghue

I've been on life support before. I was only on it for 24 hours because my heart stopped to ensure my survival. It's like putting your life in the hands of a soulless machine. It's a horrible experience that removes your independence. I hope I never go through it again. I was 13 at the time

tyrh.

I was put in a drug induced coma after I was in F4 tornado. I laid on top of my 2 lil boys ages 3 & 6 saving them. I “coded” 7x in 2 different hospitals.
Had 2 collapsed lungs, so I hardly could breath
Several injuries to my back, crushing my T12,
5 broken ribs
Severe head trauma. Doctors thought they would end up putting me on Life Support.
150 staples to my head alone
Paralyzed from waist down
They told my family if I were to live best case scenario I would be a “vegetable” living in a Nursing Home the rest of my life. I was only 34yrs old. (BUT I saved my boys lives so that is all that mattered to me)
I would always take my ET,
respirator off while still in the coma. After doing it a handful of times they took me out of coma. I was evening trying to communicate while with family by taking my husbands arm and “air” writing asking about our boys. 7 days later I was flown to Shepard Center in Atlanta. I amazed my doctors every step of the way proving them wrong at every turn.

katjagolden

I was on life support and a medically induced coma. It's not great. It is truly what I think being dead is like

basedbuz

Me: *unplugs the house because i want to go green*
Grandpa:

toast

My mom was hit by a dump truck on the highway on the way to town and she was put on life support. I’m so thankful my mom is alive 😭

PoptartJadenn

"What is it actually like being on life support"

I just watched the whole video and still have no idea what it's like on life support. I just have a huge list of different types of life support.

keinlieb

My girlfriend had to be put into a medical coma after her body rejected her bone marrow transplant when she was dealing with she second round leukemia as a child.
She was on life support for a while. Doctors even said she wasn't going make it and began to ask her mom if they would like to pull her off. They said no. And a few weeks later, she woke up.
She still had to have machines help for a while after she came out the coma

nighttimestalker

I was intubated for three weeks due to severe pneumonia. One interesting thing about it is that despite being in a medically induced coma, I still dreamed. VIVIDLY dreamed. Its been 2 years since I had this done and I still remember the dreams.

johnaskings

As a Respiratory Therapist who takes care of patients on ventilators, I was very impressed with the accuracy of this video! Thanks for doing your research! 👍🙂

MrSkydiverDan