Angela's Story of Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury and Respiratory Failure
When Angela arrived at Kindred Hospital after her motorcycle accident, she was reliant on a ventilator and dealing with confusion from her head injuries. After working with her interdisciplinary care team, she was able to discharge to home.
A Patient Success Story from Kindred Hospital Philadelphia Havertown
Angela was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, suffering facial and skull fractures, a subarachnoid hemorrhage (brain bleed), and a hemopneumothorax (serious collection of blood and air between the lungs and chest wall). As a result, Angela experienced respiratory failure, requiring a tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation to breathe.
Angela transferred from a traditional hospital to Kindred Hospital Philadelphia – Havertown for specialized acute care and rehabilitation. When she arrived at Kindred, Angela was very confused due to her injuries, and she wouldn’t work with her caregivers. However, as the days and weeks went by, she learned the staff was there to help, and she went from one extreme to the other – hugging and complimenting them and engaging with them in her therapy.
Kindred’s respiratory therapy team helped wean her from the ventilator, and she was successfully decannulated.
Angela, who also broke her collar bone and leg during her accident, benefited from physical, occupational, and speech therapy at Kindred, and she gained the ability to walk with a walker.
“It was a little rocky in the beginning because I didn’t know what happened to me, so I was frustrated. But the staff were caring and remarkable with me. Chandra was phenomenal!”
Thanks to her dedication and the support of her care team, Angela was able to be discharged from Kindred and return home, achieving her goal of being well enough to attend her daughter’s graduation.
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