Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:20+01:0019 September, 2015|
There are several aeroplanes in the air, almost in a row, waiting to land. Closer, the A2 with traffic jam direction to Madrid.The sun goes down slowly and is the most beautiful view we can see from this window. Juan looks at the sky and smiles. It seems a beautiful landscape for him.Two months ago he was admitted to the [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:20+01:0018 September, 2015|
Step by step, a reference hospital is growing and showing what is done is the result of reflection, communication and involvement by designers, hospital staff, patients and families. We speak of the Hospital Materno-Infantil Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.Diagnostic unit was transformed into a spaceship. This "restyling" was a success last year and the change speaks for itself. Stress [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:20+01:0017 September, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Many Science accumulated during September first fortnight, so we will be sharing articles little by little.Our companions of the ICU of the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias led by Dr. Dolores Escudero (IC-HU Project member) have recently published two very interesting articles. On Visitation policy, design and comfort in Spanish intensive care units, published in [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:20+01:0016 September, 2015|
In April 2013 started their activities the Hospital de la Madre y el Niño in La Rioja (Argentina).It is patient-centered care Hospital and its main values are: respect, warmth, satisfaction and continuous improvement.The first Unit of Obstetric Intensive Therapy (UTIO) was created to assist the critically ill pregnant patient. Therefore, the ICU Team must have special training in a new [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:20+01:0015 September, 2015|
Our target in the World Sepsis Day is not the humanization of care of these patients and Posttraumatic syndrome suffered by many of them. Our goal has to be the prevention. To do this, there are such basic measures of prevention as the following: Vaccinating children protects grandparents Today there are effective vaccines for children, which protect us from [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:21+01:0010 September, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Today we make an exception in our holiday break to share great news with you. Intensive Care Medicine has just published on line another article signed by IC-HU Project members: Dra. Ángela Alonso of the ICU of Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and myself. ICU: a branch of hell? (click here to access the article) To [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:21+01:0029 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Again on holiday in this space, wanting to charge batteries for what comes up in the next months. You have the list of activities already planned until the end of the year, which we will be detailing and advertising as the dates get closer. Perhaps you can join any of them. TEDxValladolid September 26th , Valladolid. [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:21+01:0028 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we talk about a very interesting opinion article published in The Atlantic, with a devastating headline: "Being a good doctor requires an understanding of people, not just science." Although I personally think that empathy is a thing of everybody. Empathy has always been considered much less important than technical skill, despite being a fundamental [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:21+01:0027 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Many times we have spoken on this blog about the inclusion of music in the ICU, source of benefits for patients without side effects.In the pain management, for the anxiety in ventilated patients, help in decreasing the need for sedatives or even in the developmental care. I invite you to watch this short video of lainformación.com, in [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:22+01:0026 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Surprisingly, in the last few months, different scientific journals with high impact on the scope of ICU are publishing articles about the care in which the word spirituality is cited. It is not further a new theme (essential questions come from the beginning of Human Being). Nowadays, it´s a topic about you can speak [...]
