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Teamwork and team training in the ICU: Where do the similarities with aviation end? — Nursing Education Network

Journal Club Article: Reader, T. W., & Cuthbertson, B. H. (2011). Teamwork and team training in the ICU: Where do the similarities with aviation end?. Critical care, 15(6), 313. Background Comparing the lessons learnt and development of team training approaches in the aviation industry to the complex needs of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). TheContinue reading “Teamwork and team training in the ICU: Where do the similarities with aviation end? — Nursing Education Network”

Optimal oxygenation in ICU intubations

Pre-oxygenate your sick pts in ICU/ER with NIV or high-flow oxygen (or both!) before intubation to avoid desaturation and collaps.#ISICEM17 pic.twitter.com/hnZ5RMu2nG — Anesthesia&CritCare (@AnesthCritCare) March 23, 2017 OPTINIV: combining NIV w high-flow oxygen (=apneic oxygenation) seems to best preserve oxygenation during intubation in the ICU. #ISICEM17 pic.twitter.com/PITHXLXzQZ — Anesthesia&CritCare (@AnesthCritCare) March 23, 2017 Key messageContinue reading “Optimal oxygenation in ICU intubations”

Unplanned Emergency Intubation (UEI) in the ICU by Dr Mayo

The components of crisis resource management during f.i. emergency intubation in ICU, according to #Mayo. #ISICEM17 pic.twitter.com/Chk2U7BbpR — Anesthesia&CritCare (@AnesthCritCare) March 23, 2017 #Mayo 's checklist for emergency intubation in the ICU. #ISICEM17 pic.twitter.com/VVTVIilkn7 — Anesthesia&CritCare (@AnesthCritCare) March 23, 2017 #Mayo favors "graded sedation" w no muscle relaxants vs RSI for emergency intubation. I wouldContinue reading “Unplanned Emergency Intubation (UEI) in the ICU by Dr Mayo”

A call for action against burnout syndrome — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Recently, four american scientific societies of Intensive Care Medicine, have launched a call for action about the burnout syndrome (BOS) of the ICU professionals. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine have published a document whose aim is toContinue reading “A call for action against burnout syndrome — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE”

A swimming pool in the ICU? By Wes Ely — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Published in The Wall Street Journal on June 17th, 2016“A swimming pool in the ICU? You must be nuts.”The nurse’s voice was almost lost amid the whooshing ventilator and infusion pumps. Five days earlier, we had admitted Bennie, a Vietnam veteran, to the intensive care unit of our VA hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Frail and… viaContinue reading “A swimming pool in the ICU? By Wes Ely — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE”

ICU: a branch of hell?

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we make an exception in our holiday break to share great news with you. Intensive Care Medicine has just published on line another article signed by IC-HU Project members: Dra. Ángela Alonso of the ICU of Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and myself.ICU: a branch of hell? (click here to access…Continue reading “ICU: a branch of hell?”