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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview 02 >> Her husband had had minor mountain bike accidents before but, this time, when she went to see him in hospital he was in ICU.

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 51-60 >> Interview 19 >> No one in the family went to work, school or university during the first week because they felt they had to be at the bedside, even if there was nothi

Her brother had an accident while cleaning his motorbike. He had severe head injuries and spent almost four weeks in ICU, where she visited him daily.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 19 >> Her sister came over from the States to visit their brother but, at that time, he couldn't recognise anyone or even move because of the head injuries

Her brother had an accident while cleaning his motorbike. He had severe head injuries and spent almost four weeks in ICU, where she visited him daily.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> In the early stages no one could give her information or hope on whether her son would be brain damaged after his accident.

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 19 >> Doctors couldn't say for sure whether her brother would ever be himself again, and she was told that recovery from head injuries was often long and un

Her brother had an accident while cleaning his motorbike. He had severe head injuries and spent almost four weeks in ICU, where she visited him daily.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> As a nurse and mother she refused to believe doctors who were telling her that her son would be permanently brain damaged.

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview 27 >> Although doctors thought her husband wouldn't be able to do much for himself any more, he gradually started recognising people and responding to conve

Her husband had cardiac arrest and was admitted to ICU. She is his full-time carer and worries about leaving him on his own because of his memory.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview 03 >> Every day her son improved in some small way and slowly started regaining weight.

In 2004 her 17-year-old son was a passenger in a car that was involved in a serious accident. He spent 17 days in ICU.

• 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 51-60 >> Interview 07 >> One of the nurses took her son outside when he was in HDU and having so much more to look at helped him become more alert and aware.

Their son was admitted to ICU in 2005 with bacterial meningitis. It was a traumatic time but he is now back home and has made excellent progress.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> She felt it was too soon to tell whether her son would be brain damaged after an accident and she didn't want doctors to try and predict the outcome w

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview 02 >> Shortly after taking her husband home, he received physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and she had two weeks off work to look after him.

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 31-40 >> Interview 02 >> When her husband first came back home he had a lot of mood swings and she worried that these might be permanent.

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.