Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day
- PMID: 15942334
- DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46
Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day
Abstract
Objective: To introduce the Fast Hug mnemonic (Feeding, Analgesia, Sedation, Thromboembolic prophylaxis, Head-of-bed elevation, stress Ulcer prevention, and Glucose control) as a means of identifying and checking some of the key aspects in the general care of all critically ill patients.
Design: Not applicable.
Setting: Any intensive care unit at any time.
Patients: All intensive care unit patients.
Interventions: Dependent on the results of applying the Fast Hug.
Measurements and main results: Not applicable.
Conclusions: Application of this simple strategy encourages teamwork and may help improve the quality of care received by our intensive care unit patients.
Comment in
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Fast hug, Cartesians, and the World Series.Crit Care Med. 2005 Jun;33(6):1424-5. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000166369.99524.ad. Crit Care Med. 2005. PMID: 15942368 No abstract available.
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Critically ill patients need "FAST HUGS BID" (an updated mnemonic).Crit Care Med. 2009 Jul;37(7):2326-7; author reply 2327. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181aabc29. Crit Care Med. 2009. PMID: 19535943 No abstract available.
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