Families in ICU: the evidence of what is obvius
Hola a todos, my dear friends. Today we are talking about a very interesting open Access article in Intensive Care, published by Drs. Gerritsen, Hartog and Curtis about existing evidence on families-ICU relationship. There is a global trending awareness of the importance family members in the ICU, and the authors point out four reasons why everyone should be incorpórate the relatives in the therapeutic [...]
Yoga & Mindfulness in your hospital
Hola a todos, my dear friends. We continue giving steps beyond the introduction of Yoga and Mindfulness in hospitals as a self-care tool for everyone: patients, families and professionals. In recent decades, the terms Yoga and Mindfulness have been integrating and spreading gradually up to become part of our society as two of the most effective tools to reach a [...]
The suffering crowd
They are easy to recognize. Normally they are many and you will see them at the time of the visits, which usually are two times a day, in the ICU waiting room, or in the nearby corridors. They huddle by groups, and if you get close to them you will hear them repeating the "visit pass", in an understanding and [...]
One ring to rule them all: education in ICU palliative care
A letter with so strinking title has been recently published in Intensive Care Medicine, and it refers to another article commented in this blog by Bárbara Salas: Ten key points about ICU palliative care. Drs. Zante and Schefold from Bern University Hospital ICU, pose to the authors a necessary reflection given the characteristics that differentiate ICU from the palliative care outside ICU. [...]
Death cafe: 3/23/17 #letstalkaboutdeath
Death Cafe is an organized discussion group about death without a closed indent or specific objectives. The purpose is promote social awareness of death from several points of view for rating life and breaking the taboo of all death concerns. Death Cafe model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz. Since 2011 almost 4000 [...]
Human souls on fire but no burned: taking care of ICU professionals
The motto of Proyecto HU-CI "The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire" alludes to the powerful force of human being committed to an objective, and points out a vision of the humanisation of health where the care of the professional can not be missed, because the team is the agent of this process of humanisation. [...]