Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:33+01:0019 March, 2016|
A few days ago I attended a workshop of Personal growth for chronically ill patients by the psychologist Rocío Rivero López at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío in Seville. The workshop was very dynamic and proactive, so the attendees should have the five senses open. This fact particularly liked me because I am used to receive information from a unidirectional [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:33+01:0018 March, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, mis queridos amigos.Next April 28th, the 2º National Hospital Optimista Awards will be held in the great amphitheatre of the College of Physicians of Madrid. As you know, this is an initiative aimed to humanise healthcare. A project that is already a very powerful reality despite its short existence. The project is an initiative of the company [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:34+01:0017 March, 2016|
It´s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a painting of a girl made after being admitted in an ICU and was published in JAMA in 2012. In it, we can see the child accompanied by her family and her little brother. The professional is back to the patient typing on the computer. In the end, [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:36+01:0016 March, 2016|
Paloma and Maria Jose, Maria Jose and Paloma. I have met Paloma today. Maria Jose, 20 years ago. Paloma was admitted in to the ICU four years ago, as Maria Jose. Paloma, because of an acute coronary syndrome. Maria Jose for serious complications in twin births.Paloma, volunteer of Mensajeros de Salud, says, step by step, what Cristina Cifuentes described a [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:36+01:0015 March, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. We are sharing today a recently published article (only available in Spanish) in the journal of Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios. You can also access here the digital version. In "The Caring of Invisible", we refer to leave aside the haste and impatience to offer integral quality care to patients and families facing [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:37+01:0012 March, 2016|
This time, as I am getting ready for the debate about technology impact, along with Chema Cepeda due on the II National Conference on Humanizing Intensive Care, I'd like to put my techno human stories and ethical debates aside and introduce a scenario, or a prediction, that sure will be on the table over the next few years. Big Data [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:37+01:0011 March, 2016|
I have read a story that makes me thinking and feeling. A 90 years old woman was diagnosed with uterine cancer. And as any diagnosis, she received a proposal for a treatment: in this case surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Her doctors explained with meticulous the details, treatment and side effects. And at the end, the patient (Norma) said: "I'm 90 years old, [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:37+01:0010 March, 2016|
Some months ago, I wrote a post in this blog pondering the possibility of speaking of humanizing Intensive Care Units (ICU) while we continue maintaining our patients tied. In that post I shared several ideas on which we should increase our level of knowledge before we fully unleash. It is difficult to propose successful measures if we do not know [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:37+01:009 March, 2016|
The ICU is one of the places of the hospital where family members live more suffering, especially when the prognosis are poor. Uncertainty is a feeling standing on the families of admitted patients in critical units, often influenced by variations in the situation of the patients. The absence of information and continuous communication with health professionals (doctors and nurses) makes [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:58:38+01:008 March, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Today we want to ask your help in a worldwide survey about the ABCDEF bundle. Oversedation, immobility, and delirium have serious implications for critically ill patients who are on mechanical ventilation. The ABCDEF bundle has been proposed to reduce these conditions and improve patient outcomes. The aim of the present survey is to explore [...]
