For the past handful of years, a dedicated multidisciplinary group at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been working on attacking the many angles of Post Intensive Care Syndrome. Take a moment to watch this clip and learn not only about PICS, but also about what places likeVanderbilt are doing to improve the lives of patients:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/stay-icu-can-leave-patients-worse-off/#
This is the story that made me realize that what I've been suffering through has a name. Thank you, PBS News Hour. I appreciate this more than you can know.
Great to see this on the national news! Awareness is a big step in the right direction.