Jan Ehtash endured strange and unsettling visions as she battled Covid in a south London hospital.
"She was probably one of the most unwell patients we had," explains Jessica Gregory, senior sister at St Helier Hospital's ICU. "We were extremely worried about whether or not she was going to survive."She was eventually discharged from hospital with a carrier bag of medication and unsettling flashbacks from her time in a coma.
"It was random things like speaking to people while I was outside next to the river. And I'm like, 'well there's no river in St Helier'," he says."That's a really weird place to be in whilst you're trying to recover," he says.While aspects like illness, age, medicines, noise levels and insomnia are thought to contribute to the delirium, research continues into its cause and how it can be treated and prevented.
He adds about the importance of providing support to patients even after they leave hospital, with support groups and specialist psychologists on hand. To help with their recovery, both Jan and Rhyan are part of a peer support group for those who have experienced ITU delirium, based at St Helier Hospital.
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