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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview 02 >> When they lessened the sedation, her husband was so violently agitated they had to increase it again, but he soon started improving and would communic

In 2003 her husband had an accident while cycling on his mountain bike in woods close to their home. The accident left him with a serious head injury, fractures to his neck and spine, and a collapsed lung.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 30 & under >> Interview 21 >> Her partner only realised how long he'd been in hospital when he saw that his baby daughter had started teething.

In 2005 her partner had a car accident and spent over four months in ICU. She visited daily while her mother looked after her new baby.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 05 >> Seeing his wife hallucinating was very distressing and he wished he'd known more about hallucinations beforehand.

In 2003 his wife was involved in an accident in the home. He stayed at the hospital for two weeks while his wife was in the first ICU.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 30 & under >> Interview 21 >> She was glad to have her partner back home but he had just begun to realise how weak and debilitated he'd become.

In 2005 her partner had a car accident and spent over four months in ICU. She visited daily while her mother looked after her new baby.