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To see further away

2019-08-02T19:01:12+01:006 August, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear rogue. Today there is summer film in IC-HU Project. Probably you have seen this video, but I would like to share the tráiler of one of my favourite films, Patch Adams. Because we can decide to see further away, only depends on everybody of us.   Happy Wednesday, Gabi

The Beryl Institute: Improving the Patient Experience

2019-08-02T19:01:13+01:005 August, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends: Following in the line of discovering and disseminating organizations that fight for  Humanized heathcare as a fact, today I want to present an impressive institution which Kathy Torpie shared with me.   The Beryl Institute, of the United States of America, is a global community whose fundamental mission is to improve the patient experience. Founded in [...]

Today in IC-HU Project…The Humanizing of Health Center

2019-08-02T19:01:13+01:002 August, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today I want to share with you probably the reference for the humanization of health website in Spain: The Humanizing of Health Center located in Tres Cantos and directed by José Carlos Bermejo, which is responsible for taking care of and teach others to take care of. With the base of the humanization ever-present in the assistance, [...]

The tired families

2019-08-02T19:01:13+01:001 August, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, mi dear rogue: Very interesting article published online first in  Intensive Care Medicine  talking about family fatigue and sleepiness. In "Half of the family members of critically ill patients experience excessive daytime sleepiness",  Dr. Verceles and his team of Baltimore University study Sleepiness and fatigue in ICU family members. They used several Scales (Epworth Sleepiness Scale y the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire-10, FOSQ-10)  and psychomotor [...]

Keep calm because I care for you (second part), by Verónica Rojas

2019-08-02T19:01:14+01:0031 July, 2014|

In Chile there is a typical phrase that says: "there is no first without the second"... and in allusion to that I write today the 2nd part of "Keep calm...".You will recall that my head and heart were impacted after know the reality of the Emergency Service and one of the last questions that I raised and invited it to [...]

One hundred days on ICU, by Juan Ramón Villanueva

2019-08-02T19:01:14+01:0030 July, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear Friends:Thanks to Alberto García Salido via twitter, I want to share with you a small treasure.I am sharing the blog Time to Heal, by Juan Ramón Villanueva. In May he wrote the story  "One hundred days on ICU". Here it is:"Alarms are sounding.The respirator sends puffs of oxygen getting tired lungs.A tube attached to a pump carries liquid food [...]

With the Scientific Endorsement of SEEIUC

2019-08-02T19:01:14+01:0029 July, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends:Today is one of those days in which one has the satisfaction and honour to share good news with friends.I am sharing the letter that I received yesterday from the President of the Spanish Society of Intensive Nursing and Coronary Units (SEEIUC), Rosa Jam: This is a great reason to continue giving our best,  and that all you continue [...]

Possibly … the best way of going to surgery!!

2019-08-02T19:01:14+01:0026 July, 2014|

Hola a tod@s!From Facebook and  Buenos Aires, Diego Pelayo shares with us probably the best way of goint to surgery: Doreta Norris, patient with breast cancer, came to operating room by her own foot dancing with her doctors and nurses before being subjected to a double mastectomy in Piedmont Henry Hospital. It was her way of placating the nerves. Why not?. [...]

Evidence against the cuts in Nursing Staff

2019-08-02T19:01:15+01:0025 July, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends!Today I want to give diffusion to the Opinion article (sorry, you should practice your Spanish this time) published by José Manuel Velasco in Enfermería Docente in 2013 and broadcast entirely in Seguridad del paciente y enfermero (patient and nurse security)I give a summary, but it's worth that you read it whole."In an atmosphere of growing concern for the safety of health care, numerous [...]

Counselling…after overcoming an infarction

2019-08-02T19:01:15+01:0024 July, 2014|

Hola a tod@s, my beloved rogue. Great satisfaction and pride for me to see that IC-HU Project and the experiences of their collaborators are giving their Scientific fruits. In the summer courses of the University of Alcalá,  the course "Habits of heart-healthy life XIV" has taken place and it was directed by  Drs. Hernández-Madrid, Matia and Zamorano.As well, performed one [...]

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