Wetin rili na kɔma? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am simpul wan!

wetin yu tink boht we yu yehri di wohd "koma"? Sɔntɛnde wi kin jok se, "I de slip lɛk se i de na kɔma," ɔ we pɔsin lɔs in kɔnsɛntreshɔn. Bɔt mi padi, kɔma nɔto jok. Na wan rili siriɔs mɛrɛsin wae nɔr gɛt natin fɔ du wit slip. So, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am smɔl mɔ tide, nɔto so?

Wetin kin apin to pɔsin we de na kɔma?

We pɔsin de na kɔma, i nɔ kin no natin . Dis min se dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ ansa ɛnibɔdi, ɛni sawnd, ɔ ɛnitin we de apin rawnd dɛn. Bɔt di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat dɛn de alayv . Bɔt dɛn bren de wok na wan rili lɔw lɛvul, ɔ fɔ se, dɛn lɛvul fɔ wach na di smɔl smɔl tin.

Imajin se yu padi de slip fast. Yu kin shek am ɔ tɔk to am fɔ wek am, nɔto so? Bɔt yu nɔ go ebul fɔ shek pɔsin we de na kɔma. I nɔ jɔs de slip.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt kɔma?

Naw lɛ wi luk wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt kɔma. Ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt dis.

• Bren damej bikɔs yu gɛt bad bad injuri na yu ed: Imajin if yu ed bang sɔntin pan aksidɛnt, i kin mek yu bren pwɛl bad bad wan.
• Seizure: Sɔm pipul kin gɛt kɔma bak bikɔs ɔf tin dɛm lɛk seizure.
• Infεkshכn dεm we de afekt di bren: Infεkshכn dεm we difrεn jεm dεm we de kam insay di bren kin bi bak. Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛn lɛk mɛningaytis, ɛnsɛfalaytis.
• Ɔksijɛn nɔ de na di bren fɔ lɔng tɛm: Wi bren nid ɔksijɛn ɔltɛm. If, fɔ sɔm rizin, lɛk fɔ swɛt ɔ at atak, di bren stɔp fɔ gɛt ɔksijɛn, i kin pwɛl ɛn go na kɔma.
• If yu tek mɛrɛsin ɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin pasmak: If yu tek sɔm mɛrɛsin tumɔs ɔ yu yuz drɔgs pasmak, dat kin mek bak yu go na kɔma.
• Stɔk-layk kɔndishɔn: Strɔk na prɔblɛm wit di blɔd we de go na di bren. Dis kin pwɛl di bren bak ɛn mek pɔsin kɔma.
• Kεmεkal imbalans na di bכdi: Sɔmtεm, bikɔs ɔf ɔda sik dεm, fכ egzampl, if dεn nכ de kכntro di dayabitis mεlit, כ if di kidni dεm nכ de wok fayn, di bεlε fכ di kεmikכl dεm na di bכdi de lכs, we kin afekt kכma bak.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, bikɔs ɔf ɛni wan pan dɛn rizin ya, di we aw wi bren sɛl dɛn nɔ de wok fayn.. Ɛspɛshali if di pat dɛn na di bren we de mek wi no ɛn kɔntrol wi kɔnshɛns dɔn pwɛl, if dɛn pat dɛn de stɔp fɔ wok, da pɔsin de go fɔdɔm na say we i nɔ de no, dat na, i go de na kɔma. Yu ɔndastand?

Aw yu kin kia fɔ pɔsin we de na kɔma?

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin kia fɔ pɔsin we de na kɔma na di ɔspitul in intensiv kia yunit (ICU) . Na de, dɔktɔ dɛn, nɔs dɛn, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we de wok na di ɔspitul kin pe atɛnshɔn mɔ to di pɔsin we sik.

Dɛn kin mek shɔ se di pɔsin in bɔdi gɛt wɛlbɔdi as dɛn ebul. dis kin bi bay we dεn gi dεm di wata we dεn nid, di nyutriεnt dεm, εn mεdikeshכn dεm כ tru wan sכmכl plastic tכb we dεn put insay wan vein (IV - Intravenous line) , כ tru wan fכd tכb we de sεnd it εn wata dεm dεn wan dεm dεn go insay di bεlε.

Sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt kɔma kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo fɔ dɛnsɛf, so dɛn nid fɔ yuz mashin fɔ blo, we dɛn kɔl ventilator . dis de pכmp di briz insay di lכng dεm tru wan tכb we dεn put insay di winda paip.

Wan ɔda impɔtant tin na dat, we pɔsin de na bed fɔ lɔng tɛm we i nɔ de muf, i kin mek sɔl, we wi kɔl bedsɔ , fɔm na difrɛn say dɛn na di bɔdi. Di wan dɛn we de wok na di ɔspitul kin tray tranga wan bak fɔ mek dɛn bed dɛn ya nɔ fɔm. Dɛn kin du tin dɛn lɛk fɔ tɔn di pɔsin we sik ɔltɛm.

Infakt, we yu si pɔsin we yu lɛk we de na kɔma, dat kin mek di famili rili sɔri, i kin mek yu at pwɛl, ɛn sɔntɛm i kin ivin mek yu at pwɛl. Dɛn kin fil bad bad wan ɛn dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ du ɛnitin. Dat na tin we rili natura.

Bɔt tin dɛn de we di wan dɛn na di famili kin du fɔ ɛp fɔ kia fɔ di pɔsin we sik. Fɔ go na ɔspitul fɔ si di pɔsin, fɔ tɔk to di pɔsin, fɔ rid buk to am, ɛn sɔntɛm fɔ ivin mek dɛn lisin to di siŋ dɛn we dɛn lɛk, ɔl dis rili impɔtant. Yu no wetin? Ivin if di pɔsin we sik nɔ ebul fɔ ansa, dɔktɔ dɛn se dɛn kin yɛri dɛn tin ya . So nɔ stɔp fɔ du dɛn tin dɛn de.

Wetin kin apin afta pɔsin dɔn kɔma?

Bɔku tɛm, kɔma nɔ kin las pas sɔm wiks . Bɔt sɔntɛnde, pɔsin kin de na kɔma fɔ lɔng lɔng tɛm. We dat kin apin, i kin rili at fɔ mek dɛn du ɛni ɔda tin pas fɔ blo fɔ dɛnsɛf. Wi kin kɔl dis wan persistent vegetative state , we difrɛn smɔl frɔm kɔma, bɔt wi go tɔk bɔt dat ɔda de.

Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl we dɛn dɔn kɔma . Sɔm kin ivin ebul fɔ go bak to dɛn nɔmal layf bifo dɛn sik.

Wi dɔn si am na TV, usay pɔsin we de na kɔma kin wek wantɛm wantɛm, luk rawnd, ɛn bigin fɔ tink ɛn tɔk nɔmal wan. Bɔt insay rial layf, dat nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. We pɔsin wek frɔm kɔma, bɔku tɛm i kin rili kɔnfyus.Insay wan sityueshɔn. I kin rili ansa tin dɛn we de apin rawnd am. I go tek tɛm fɔ mek i bɛtɛ smɔl smɔl.

If pɔsin wɛl ɔl we i dɔn wɛl frɔm kɔma i go dipen pan wetin mek di kɔma ɛn aw di bren dɔn pwɛl bad bad wan .

• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin bi lɛk aw dɛn bin de bifo di kɔma – dɛn kin mɛmba tin dɛn we bin dɔn apin bifo di kɔma ɛn dɛn kin du ɔl wetin dɛn bin dɔn du bifo.
• Bɔt fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, ivin di bɛsis skil dɛn lɛk fɔ tay shuz, fɔ it wit spun ɔ fɔk, ɔ ivin fɔ lan fɔ waka bak, nid spɛshal tritmɛnt , lɛk fisiotɛrapi, ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi, ɔ tɔk tɛrapi. Dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm bak fɔ tɔk ɛn mɛmba tin dɛn.

Bɔt di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, as tɛm de go, wit di ɛp we di wan dɛn we de mɛn pipul dɛn kin ɛp dɛn , bɔku pipul dɛn we kin wɛl frɔm kɔma kin go bifo bad bad wan. Ivin if dɛn nɔr bi 100% wetin dɛn bin de bifo dɛn kam na kɔma, dɛn kin ebul fɔ du bɔku tin ɛn ɛnjɔy layf wit dɛn fambul ɛn padi dɛm. So i nɔ go ɛva fayn fɔ lɛ wi lɛf fɔ gɛt op .

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori (Take-Home Message)

Okay, so, frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt tide bɔt kɔma, dɛn tin ya na di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba:

• Kɔma nɔto jɔs slip. Na siriɔs mɛrɛsin sik wae kin afɛkt di bren ɛn kin mek pɔrsin nɔr kin no natin.
• Kɔma kin gɛt bɔku tin dɛn – tin dɛn lɛk ed injury, infɛkshɔn, ɔksijɛn we nɔ de, ɛn sɔm sik dɛn.
• Pɔsin we de na kɔma kin gɛt spɛshal mɛrɛsin ɛn kia na di Intensive Care Unit (ICU) .
• Di we aw pɔsin kin wɛl frɔm kɔma kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . I kin tek tɛm. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin wɛl kpatakpata, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt.
• Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, di sɔpɔt, lɔv, ɛn maynd we di famili mɛmba dɛn de gi wi rili impɔtant insay dis tranga tɛm. Jɔs fɔ de de ɛn tɔk to dɛn kin ɛp di pɔsin fɔ wɛl.

So, a op se yu geht sohm ansa to yu kweshon boht koma. Lɛ wi op se dis nɔ go ɛva apin to ɛnibɔdi!

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