Humanizing the process of dying
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.A few days ago Enric Benito sent me his presentation "Humanizing the process of dying", which took place in VíaENcuentro 2015 Meeting. I recommed you not miss it, as it is [...]
Designing the IC-HU among all, by Mónica Ferrero
We always say when we read a new that we should read several newspapers to know what has actually taken place.To find out which are the needs of an ICU, it is very important to [...]
Designing the ICU 4: Lab In Action interviews Laura Díaz (nurse)
We could not finish this week of interviews without talking with the engine of the ICU. The angels without wings are the nurses, and they develop their day-to-day beside the bed. For this purpose we [...]
Designing the ICU 3: Lab In Action interviews Manuel López (family)
His father was admitted during 19 days on last May, in an ICU of Madrid, and as Manuel López says, "that time has probably been the worst days of my life".Waiting for the two daily [...]
Designing the ICU 2: Lab In Action interviews José Luis Díaz (expatient)
Today's post is the second part of the tretralogy: Designing the ICU.Designing the ICU is formed by three important pillars: professionals, patients, and family members. I have raised all these same questions to meet the needs [...]
Designing the ICU: Lab In Action interviews Vicente Gómez-Tello
In the first post I wrote for the IC-HU Project I was wondering if any architect or person responsible for the ICU design project had asked your needs before making a hospital project.As I mentioned [...]
Let me listen to the music, by Emilio Carmignotto
As usual, I was receiving one of my Google Alerts, regarding topic in mechanical ventilation, and I was really curious, reading a pretty “strange” study title “The influence of music during mechanical ventilation and weaning [...]
ICU acquired weakness
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we want to give diffusion a Critical Care review about intensive care unit acquired weakness, one of the most frequent problems we see in our patients with long stays [...]
Less than 5 psychologist per 100.000 inhabitants
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Diario.es of Andalucía has recently published a new we want to spread: Spanish public hospital have less than five psychologist per 100.000 inhabitantsThe Spanish public hospitals have 2120 psychologists: we [...]
About familes and roles at ICU
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we want to share a recent article by Anna Aliberch and Isabel Miquel in Enfermería Intensiva. It´s a very interesting review about the need for the role of the [...]