Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:41+02:008 November, 2016|
December 26th, 2013. My life stopped and I did not remove the last sheet of the calendar that year...With 30 years, a severe pneumonia, two more infections and a very short life expectancy, so I ended up that year. The only option: waiting. Wait to start a new life with a well cared lungs by all the personal health. [...]
Gabi Heras2016-12-07T12:21:14+02:004 November, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. We keep on making noise to promote ICU silence. Today we share an article recently published in Medicina Intensiva by the Group of Research in modeling of Environmental Systems of the Environmental Engineering and Health Program of the University of Magdalena (Santa Marta, Colombia). The objective was to assess the noise level in adult, [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:41+02:003 November, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Just one year of my TEDxValladolid, "the care of invisible", a trip inside that produced one of the most special moments of my life. With more than 37.400 visits till today, I only can say thank you all by your feedback: emotions, tears, views in Universities, gratitude and mostly... stimulate us to continue working [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:42+02:0028 October, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. "How to respond to an ICU patient asking if she/he is going to die": this is the title of the article published by Margaret Isaac and J. Randall Curtis online first last September in Intensive Care Medicine, as "What´s New in Intensive Care?". It is not easy at all to establish direct talks in [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:42+02:0027 October, 2016|
A comfortable and warm environment is essential to assist the patient in his/her recovery. In addition to a careful infrastructure there are elements which can help to create a more friendly environment.Our senses cause psychological and physiological reactions in our body, which can be very beneficial to promote the healing. SIGHT: LIGHT and COLOR "Color is a perception in the [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:43+02:0021 October, 2016|
I spent last night in a nice calm hotel in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. Working in the field of acoustics I always bring a tool to measure simple indoor climate parameters: light, humidity, temperature and of course sound pressure levels. In my room last night I measured 34 dB. I’ll get back to that... In Dec. 2005, the Journal [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:46+02:0020 October, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Crazy and amazing week, for sure.After the exciting and intense day in the Course of Bioethics of Palencia, yesterday morning I did a rest to continue forward. In the afternoon, we started the course Compassion Cultivation Training. Every Wednesday for two months, Marisol Martínez and me are stopping and focusing on this Human tool. We [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:47+02:0018 October, 2016|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. "Humanization, Science and Technology" is the title of the XLIII Annual Conference of the Mexican College of Intensive Care Medicine (COMMEC) which is taking place from October 16th until next Saturday in the beautiful city of Veracruz. Dra. Mari Cruz Martín, current Vicepresident of the Spanish Society of Intensive care Medicine, Critical and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:47+02:0015 October, 2016|
July 2007 An annoying and deafening noise wakes me up.I try to open my eyes but a light blinded me. In my mouth a painful sensation that burns me inside. My cheeks feel adjusted to the pressure of something which fastened me around my face. I open my eyes with a huge effort. The noise does not stop. I [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:57:47+02:0014 October, 2016|
These days, the letter published in The New York Times by the writer Peter DeMarco has become viral. It is dedicated to the professionals of the ICU who cared for his wife the last week of her life. Laura Levis was 34 years old. If you have not read it yet, you can do so by clicking here. And when [...]
