It’s the same everywhere you go
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. José Manuel Gómez García began the week talking about burnout in ICU, and commented that, unfortunately, the data of incidence in Spain are unknown. We are talking today about [...]
What´s CUDECA? By Félix Martín
In 1991, one of the many foreign residents living in the Costa del Sol (Malaga. Spain), Mrs Joan Hunt, with other British compatriots, contemplated the possibility of helping people who, looking for the kindness of [...]
Thank you
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Recently I wrote a letter to the family of one of my patients, who unfortunately died despite trying everything. Life is curious and it seems that we are all [...]
The ICU is burning, by José Manuel Gómez
Long time, "to be burned" at work could go from being a colloquial expression to become a major problem. Professional exhaustion indexes (or Burnout) in the Health collective are reaching frankly troubling levels, most likely [...]
The IC-HU Project road to Bolivia
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. You can not imagine what it means for me to write this post. The IC-HU Project is going to visit Bolivia, particularly in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, thanks to the Colegio Médico Departamental de [...]
No more restrictions, by Gabriela Vidal
Nowadays, many Intensive care units (ICU) remain restrictive visiting hours regimens. This decision is based on the following premises: 1. Difficulty to work with patients for the physician. 2. Interference in the work of nursing, [...]
The secret of Happiness, by Olga Rubio
They made us a gift. One of those untouchables that are given with the heart and you receive with the soul and welcome with a smile. The nursing team had achieved good results, and they [...]
Healing design, by Mónica Ferrero
Design is defined as the search for a solution in any field. The act of design is a complex, dynamic and intricate task: is the integration of social, economic and technical requirements, biological needs, ergonomics, [...]
A sea of gelatin, by Raquel Nieto
99 days I spent many days sedated, sleeping. The sleeping still exist, even our outside contact is interrupted. Occasionally there are signals, voices, a flash, a rubbing gives us a whiplash which we recognize from [...]
It is not a dream, it is already happening…by María Rojas
How an Intensivist ends putting a DVD player between the connection of perfusion pumps, extruders of the respirator and haemofiltration machine? All begins with a reflection: our aim is patients survive the ICU. Yes, but [...]