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INTENSIVE CARE CALLS ON NEW ZEALANDERS FOR VITAL SUPPORT.
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AUCKLAND, April 3/MediaNet International-AsiaNet/ --
Annual Intensive Care Appeal 2nd- 16th April 2006: The Intensive Care Foundation is urging the New Zealand public to "band together" during its annual Appeal to raise funds for critical research.
Approximately 170,000 people, including 8,500 children are treated in New Zealand and Australian intensive care units each year with life threatening conditions resulting from accidents, surgery and disease. Of these, sadly, 22,000 adults and 300 children still lose their lives.
According to Alistair Somerville, a West Auckland GP, who was admitted to Intensive Care with severe pneumonia and shock requiring life support, the complexity of treatments and level of high care was never really appreciated until he required their care.
"It was during my time in intensive care, when my family where able to see the critical role intensive care specialists and nurses play in saving lives, that we understood and appreciated their work so much more."
"On the first day and night, a team of specialist doctors and nurses literally worked around the clock, doing many different things to keep me alive. Ultimately I needed several days on a highly specialised bypass machine, staffed 24 hours by specially trained staff."
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