Critical Care Work During COVID-19: A Sociological Analysis of Staff Experiences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine M. Montgomery ◽  
Sally Humphreys ◽  
Corrienne McCulloch ◽  
Annemarie Docherty ◽  
Steve Sturdy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Staff Experiences

scholarly journals The Critical Care Work Environment and Nurse-Reported Health Care-Associated Infections

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kelly ◽  
A. Kutney-Lee ◽  
E. T. Lake ◽  
L. H. Aiken
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Health Care Associated Infections ◽  
Reported Health

scholarly journals Critical care work during COVID-19: a qualitative study of staff experiences in the UK

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e048124
Author(s):  
Catherine M Montgomery ◽  
Sally Humphreys ◽  
Corrienne McCulloch ◽  
Annemarie B Docherty ◽  
Steve Sturdy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Patient Acuity ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Extreme Stress ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Staff Experiences

ObjectiveTo understand National Health Service (NHS) staff experiences of working in critical care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.DesignQualitative study using semistructured telephone interviews and rapid analysis, interpreted using Baehr’s sociological lens of ‘communities of fate’.ParticipantsForty NHS staff working in critical care, including 21 nurses, 10 doctors and advanced critical care practitioners, 4 allied health professionals, 3 operating department practitioners and 2 ward clerks. Participants were interviewed between August and October 2020; we purposefully sought the experiences of trained and experienced critical care staff and those who were redeployed.SettingFour hospitals in the UK.ResultsCOVID-19 presented staff with a situation of extreme stress, duress and social emergency, leading to a shared set of experiences which we have characterised as a community of fate. This involved not only fear and dread of working in critical care, but also a collective sense of duty and vocation. Caring for patients and families involved changes to usual ways of working, revolving around: reorganisation of space and personnel, personal protective equipment, lack of evidence for treating COVID-19, inability for families to be physically present, and the trauma of witnessing extreme patient acuity and death on a large scale. The stress and isolation of working in critical care during COVID-19 was mitigated by strong teamwork, camaraderie, pride and fulfilment.ConclusionCOVID-19 has changed working practices in critical care and profoundly affected staff physically, mentally and emotionally. Attention needs to be paid to the social and organisational conditions in which individuals work, addressing both practical resourcing and the interpersonal dynamics of critical care provision.

Does standardization of critical care work?

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R Hasibeder
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Care Work

The acute pain service: a model for outreach critical care

Anaesthesia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 925-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Counsell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Acute Pain ◽  
Acute Pain Service

GLP-1 May Be Alternative to Insulin in Critical Care

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
MIRIAM E. TUCKER
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care

Abstract #1228: E-Glycemic Management System Provides Safe and Effective Meal Coverage for Critical Care and Surgery Patients Managed with IV Insulin in the Hospital

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
Joseph Aloi ◽  
Jagdeesh Ullal ◽  
Paul Chidester ◽  
Raymie McFarland ◽  
Robby Booth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Management System ◽  
Glycemic Management

Critical Care of the Stroke Patient

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Stroke Patient
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