The day I heard better, I did it with the eyes…by Yasmina Díaz
"The day I discovered that I could make it better I was working. Specifically, I was cleaning the skin of a man who was in a coma, and I did it as usual, trying to [...]
What are the habits of highly humanistic physicians?
Most health professionals believe that more humanistic treatment of patients and families is an essential part of our profession and helps us to improve the quality of care. However, even though many of us try [...]
Next Exit…Hope, by Verónica Rojas
On the outskirts of Santiago de Chile (the city where I live), occurs the same thing that in all countries. There are dangerous areas mainly by the socio-cultural context in which they are found. These areas tend to have high [...]
I don´t understand you…by www.enfermeraenapuros.com
Because giving information is at least as important than fixing the problem. Provide information tailored to the patient and family is an obligation inherent to the profession, doctors and nurses. Not to use more complex [...]
Ensuring the Quality of Dying in ICU
Hello everybody!! Today doble post to share the ESICM´s Video Ensuring Quality of dying in ICU, that IC-HU Proyect has edited and subtitled in Spanish. One more time, thanks to Jose Sesmero by editing and [...]
If we do not talk among us
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Yesterday I could meet for a coffee with Dr. Salvador Casado. Although he is extremely famous, I am sure that many of you don´t know who he is. He is a Primary Care Physician [...]
I am, by Alberto García Salido
"And I open the eyes. I am a femoral. A jugular. A too-small tube filled with secretions. I am the blue eyes. Foreign pupils. I am who occasionally blows the monitor alarm. I am the low [...]
In positive: an example to follow, by José Luis Díaz
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. After more than 8 months, after suffering an infarction and return to tell the story, José wanted to continue telling us his experience during the subsequent follow-up. As many of [...]
Architectural Design of ICUs
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends: After the post Relationship between ICU design and patient mortality that I wrote a couple of days ago, Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Roldán from ICU of Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa from Leganés (one of my mentors [...]
Humanizing your holidays!!
Hola a tod@s, my dear rogue! For those who remain,for those who travel,for those who are on the beach, for those who are on night shif today, for those who are in a traffic-jam,for those who [...]