Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:26+02:0018 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.A few days ago Enric Benito sent me his presentation "Humanizing the process of dying", which took place in VíaENcuentro 2015 Meeting. I recommed you not miss it, as it is the best that has fallen into my hands lately. These are the key points, which are developed with science, humor and affection during the talk. [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:26+02:0015 August, 2015|
We always say when we read a new that we should read several newspapers to know what has actually taken place.To find out which are the needs of an ICU, it is very important to do this exercise. This week we asked his opinion to the ICU professionals Vicente Gómez-Tello and Laura Díaz, to José Luis Díaz as ICU expatient [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:27+02:0014 August, 2015|
We could not finish this week of interviews without talking with the engine of the ICU. The angels without wings are the nurses, and they develop their day-to-day beside the bed. For this purpose we have interviewed to Laura Díaz, nurse of Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre. What are the needs for ICU professionals to [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:27+02:0013 August, 2015|
His father was admitted during 19 days on last May, in an ICU of Madrid, and as Manuel López says, "that time has probably been the worst days of my life".Waiting for the two daily visits made him eternal, in a room overcrowded without ventilation and with only eight chairs. "We seemed more cattle than people," he recalls.So, we keep [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:27+02:0012 August, 2015|
Today's post is the second part of the tretralogy: Designing the ICU.Designing the ICU is formed by three important pillars: professionals, patients, and family members. I have raised all these same questions to meet the needs of each one of the pillars that make up this project.Today is the turn to the patient. We have asked their collaboration to José Luis [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:27+02:0011 August, 2015|
In the first post I wrote for the IC-HU Project I was wondering if any architect or person responsible for the ICU design project had asked your needs before making a hospital project.As I mentioned above, the interior designers and architects before beginning to develop a project we talk with the customer and we ask him a lot of questions. [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:28+02:008 August, 2015|
As usual, I was receiving one of my Google Alerts, regarding topic in mechanical ventilation, and I was really curious, reading a pretty “strange” study title “The influence of music during mechanical ventilation and weaning from mechanical ventilation: A review - Breanna Hetland, Ruth Lindquist, Linda L. Chlan” I still hadn’t the chance to read the full article, but my [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:28+02:007 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we want to give diffusion a Critical Care review about intensive care unit acquired weakness, one of the most frequent problems we see in our patients with long stays and which have sequels during a medium-long term. It´s in open access, so there are no excuses!. The authors speak of incidence, pathophysiology, risk factors, [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:28+02:006 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Diario.es of Andalucía has recently published a new we want to spread: Spanish public hospital have less than five psychologist per 100.000 inhabitantsThe Spanish public hospitals have 2120 psychologists: we would need 5000 more. The European average is 18, but the Nordic countries have 70 psychologists per 100,000 inhabitants.Huge waiting list despite the prevalence of [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T18:59:28+02:005 August, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we want to share a recent article by Anna Aliberch and Isabel Miquel in Enfermería Intensiva. It´s a very interesting review about the need for the role of the patient´s family at ICU. An ICU admittance is a situation of crisis and change.If we facilitate family participation, it will decrease their anxiety and stress [...]
