Listen to Patients first
Hello everybody, my dear friends: Recently I published in this blog the post Transforming Healtcare Through the Power of Listening , to inform you that from 30 to 31 October is going to celebrate the European [...]
The B Team, by José Manuel Velasco
Talk about "teamwork" is easy in those places where this is a guideline, but tremendously complicated with whom has no clear the meaning. Recently I read a post of the great Miguel Ángel Máñez (@manyez) where he [...]
Empathy 2, by José I Ricarte
The recently deceased Robin Williams participated in several films that have marked me: Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, Hook, Jumanji... Photo: fanpop But one of my favorites is Patch Adams, the the life of a doctor/clown. It´s plenty [...]
Ethics and etiquette in neonatal intensive care
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends: Dr. Alberto García Oguiza, a friend of mine, Neuropaediatrician and mate at University of Alcalá, shares with us the next document From the blog Pediatría Basada en pruebas. The Decalogue of recommendations (based [...]
ESICM is waiting you in Barcelona: Let´s go by Train!!
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends: Next weekend starts the 27 th Annual Congress of European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) in en Barcelona, from September 27th to October 1st. ESICM LIVES 2014 will be an awesome [...]
Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide?
Hello everybody, my dear friends. Published in the pages of the opinion of the New York Times on September 4, 2014 by Pranay Sinha, I present this impresive article the suicide of two residents during the [...]
100.000…Now, Let’s go for more!
My dear friends: the IC-HU Project blogs www.proyectohuci.com and www.humanizingintensivecare.com have exceeded 100,000 page views today. Awesome notice!.Thanks a lot. Since February 2014, we are working to build awareness and change, and it will be possible because everybody [...]
A letter to Kathy, by Lorette Gijsbers
As a nurse working in Intensive Care, I have moments in which emotions get much deeper tan expected. My own vulnerability is confronting. Do I lose control or do I experience the essence of my [...]
Babies, by Ali Matz
On July 22, 2014 June was born . Her mother had risk of abortion at the beginning of the pregnancy and had to be resting the majority of the time. All were unknowns and doubts. Too [...]
Last days to send the Survey Visiting hours and comfortability of the Spanish ICUs
Hola a tod@s my dear friends: Dr. Dolores Escudero head of the ICU of Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias and one of the member of the Research Team IC-HU Project, wants to remember us this survey directed to [...]