The cost of surviving ICU
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Thanks to Vicente Gómez, we return to talk about the post-ICU síndrome (PICS) after an article published in MEDPAGETODAY. Maurene Harvey is a nurse, and she was the first [...]
The H also in Venezuela
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Very good news once again, this time from Venezuela. Despite the difficulties, the humanization of Intensive Care is spreading arround the world. Nurse specialists in Intensive Care of Hospital [...]
It was really “a matter of plate”?
Over the years I have coincided with many intensivists in several ICU, and we have all seen needs for the system . Years after, we continue thinking the same things. And as in everything, there [...]
The border, by Raquel Nieto
99 days When we are admitted in an ICU, in every hospital, we are thinking in the discharge to the ward as the great trip, always rising, even if we are on the same floor [...]
A great IC-HU for children, by Mónica Ferrero
Fundación Aladina began in 2005. It´s an independent organization which provides material, psychological and emotional support to children, adolescents and their families. They carried out projects in different hospitals as: Hospital Gregorio Marañon (Madrid), Hospital [...]
From paternalism to cibernalism bypassing the autonomy of the will. By Felix Martin.
He was 15 years old. Moped. Helmet isn't invited. For that, the inevitable; ICU admission by traumatic brain injury. Parents in separation process. Previous reproaches into family room. Separated visits by decision parts. The first [...]
II National Conference on Humanizing Intensive Care
Hola a tod@s, my dear amig@s:As you know and after the great success on 2015, the IC-HU Project and the Center of Humanization of Health are organizing in Barcelona the II National Conference on Humanizing [...]
End of Life Care Code: Is it possible? By Olga Rubio
On February 4th was held in Catalonia the XI Expert Conference of the Catalan Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SOCMIC) on the topic of End of Life Care (EOLC). Several reflections for the audience:1. [...]
The power of the will
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. I have just come back from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Spain after the adventure lived with José Manuel Velasco. So, many feelings as stars in the sky, [...]
Right care, right now…and later
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. We are just flying to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), so this space will remain on hold next week. But before, we'd like to share with you a [...]