Gabriel Heras2026-10-15T12:24:56+02:0015 October, 2026|
Every ICU tells a story. Behind every patient is a person with individual needs, a family seeking reassurance, and healthcare professionals striving to provide the best possible care. Humanizing intensive care means recognizing these human needs alongside clinical priorities. Inspired by Proyecto HU-CI in Spain, our team embarked on a journey to implement humanized care in an Iranian intensive care [...]
Gabriel Heras2026-03-02T13:13:10+02:002 March, 2026|
The aim of follow-up and support programs for critically ill patients who suffer from post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is the repair of the sequelae that appear as a consequence of their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU), whether physical, psychological, or cognitive. Ultimately, what is intended is the recovery of the quality of life lost as a result of [...]
Gabriel Heras2024-12-19T16:26:50+02:0019 December, 2024|
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Tunbridge Wells Hospital has become the first in the UK to receive the prestigious HU-CI and AENOR Certification of Good Practices in Humanization of Intensive Care, setting a benchmark for hospitals across Europe. The HU-CI Project evaluates different aspects of intensive care and the ICU team at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, part of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells [...]
Gabriel Heras2022-09-08T09:51:52+02:007 September, 2022|
Delirium is a common complication of pediatric and adult patients in hospitals and other settings, estimated up to every fourth till sixth patient can be affected by delirium. The hyperactive form of delirium is well known to most clinicians, but more dangerous is the hypoactive delirium, leading to more serious consequences. The longer a delirium lasts, the more serious are [...]
Gabriel Heras2022-04-24T21:52:02+02:0019 January, 2022|
Dear friends and colleagues: Thanks to the Chair of Humanisation of Health Care, the translation into English of the Good Practice Manuals in Humanisation of ICU and Emergency Departments has been carried out. As always, the manuals can be downloaded for free from the website, by visiting the corresponding tab in Good Practices. Here are the links: Manual of good [...]
Gabriel Heras2021-01-10T10:18:22+02:0010 January, 2021|
Lancet Respiratory Medicine has just published online the international collaborative research Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort. This is a work of the COVID-19 Intensive Care International Study Group, formed by members of Universidad de Valencia and INCLIVA, the Vanderbilt University's Critical Illness Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center and Proyecto [...]
Gabriel Heras2020-05-23T08:52:18+02:0023 May, 2020|
Great news from the United States of America! Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America has dedicated its number of June 2020 to Patient and Family Experience in the ICU. Our admired and beloved Judy Davidson has done a wonderful job of coordinating and editing. These are the contents, where José Manuel Velasco and Gabi Heras have collaborated in chapter [...]
Gabriel Heras2020-04-24T12:53:04+02:0024 April, 2020|
As many of you are observing day by day (and yesterday this was a topic discussed in the second H-Webinar of the HU-CI Project on post-ICU syndrome), we have the feeling that COVID-19 affected patients admitted to ICU are developing very severe delirium. The cause, probably multifactorial: many days in mechanical ventilation and with sedoanalgesia and myorelaxation, possible side effects [...]
Gabriel Heras2020-02-18T12:25:13+02:0018 February, 2020|
Coinciding with the 49th Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine has recently published in its March issue our article Humanizing Intensive Care: Toward a Human-Centered Care ICU Model, for free and free download pdf. The article expands the Plenary Conference that Dr. Nicolás Nin will share tomorrow representing Proyecto HU-CI, and which will be our [...]
Gabriel Heras2019-12-17T06:22:33+02:0017 December, 2019|
“Reading what happened to me has incredible value. It is very hard, but it is important to know it happened. I need to understand that it took place in order to continue. After all, it's my life, isn't it? M.J.P. 55 years, 60 days in ICU. Illness suddenly invades people's lives, and turns everything upside down, without warning and without [...]
