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 [...]
Silence and sedation management, by Guillaume Decormeille
The recent International Congress of Anaesthesia and Reanimation of Paris organized by the French Intensive Care Society (SRLF), wanted to illustrate through photography how to live in the best way the ICU admission. The polyvalent [...]
Thinking in Palliative Care in ICU
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Today we want to talk again about implementing palliative care in IC-HU, thanks to the article recently published in Intensive Care Medicine, the journal of the European society of [...]
#humaniza has sent us a friend request, by Carlos Martorell y María del Castillo
In all Health disciplines are taught subjects related to empathy and communication. No matter if you are nursing assistant, technician emergency, nurse or physician, during the training period firmly believe that patient´s diseases are not [...]
Respect. Tolerate. Humanize… By Félix Martín
We were very busy that morning. Four days ago a traffic accident led us to admit multiple trauma patients in the ICU. That morning, two of these, and a venerable old lady, like a providential gift will [...]
Information Demands Research: SECOND PHASE
Last June we started the first collaborative research project collaborative of IC-HU Project in order to discover and prioritize the main informational demands of family members of patients admitted to ICU. More than 150 ICU [...]
And you…What is your aim in life? By Olga Rubio
It was at Christmas time, a few years ago.I was a first-year resident learning in Nephrology. As each day the dialysis room was full. There were people of all ages, older but also young people, [...]
The loneliness of the intensivist, by María Rojas
After watching the interview with Alfonso Bassave and Gabi Heras (only available in Spanish), there are many things to reflect. More that interview, it was a conversation of two human beings, two professionals speaking "defenceless" [...]
The expression of pain, by Candelas López
Communication is an essential tool for health professionals but we don´t always give the value and attention it deserves. In the case of the assessment of pain, verbal communication with the patient is the key, [...]
Codes are trendy… but reflect is urgent, by Olga Rubio
Sepsis code, stroke code, polytraumatism code, AMI code...The countdown begins, time is life!. And the clock is our worst enemy, our oppression. Time leads us to use quick protocols which paralyses the reflection, in an [...]