PICU Aladina: the IC-HU of children
In February 2015 we talked about the project by Aladina Foundation to reform the paediatric ICU (PICU) of hospital Niño Jesús de Madrid. The new unit is now a reality! It has opened its doors [...]
Sense and Sensibility (II)
Scientific and technological advances of our era and the excellent training received in Medical Schools lost much of their value when they are applied without adequate sensitivity, when it´s forgotten something so elemental as the right of human [...]
Sense and Sensibility (I)
The punished body of my mother said "it´s enough" before the deadlines provided. The fever suddenly didn´t disappear, the blood pressure didn´t improve, a pain in the side. But how is possible! She was playing cards with [...]
Death Cafe: let´s talk about dying
Death Cafe is a discussion group organized for talking about dying without a closed script or concrete objectives. The purpose is promote social awareness of death from several views, for rating life and break the taboo that [...]
Neither with you nor without you. Between evidence and the obvious
I guess among you many faithful followers of Miguel Ángel Máñez Sunday Summaries (only available in Spanish). Today he comes to memory because from here as from his posts, there will be several proposals for reading. A [...]
Beyond the wall. By José Carlos Igeño
Her name is Cristina and she is 36 years old. And she says that having this landscape opposite has helped her a lot, because in moments in which she was scared or suffering, it was [...]
Collective constructions. By Mariana Torre
The practice of nursing in Latin America, especially in the field of intensive care, has special features: our geographical position, socio-political and cultural reality and above all, our historical past and quality of "emerging countries" [...]
Knockin’ on Critical Care´s Door. By Alberto García-Salido
Life sometimes is can be summarized in a letter. Welcome letter, farewell letter. As life, sometimes differences also have site in the same space. Letters are obsolete, it is clear, but it is also clear [...]
The Four Ts of the #HumanICU. By Josep-María Sirvent
In this post I would like to talk about several things that are giving turns in my head lately. In first place, I have to tell that professionals solving consultations in remote it´s usual, only [...]
Salud ON Me: designing the 21st Century Health alltogether
Hola a tod@s, mis queridos amigos.Tomorrow is going to be held at Auditorio del cubo azul en la Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación in Valencia one of the events of the year in Spain: Salud [...]