scholarly journals Spaces of Care and Graphic Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sathyaraj Venkatesan ◽  
◽  
Livine Ancy A ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Health Humanities ◽  
Spatial Studies ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
Care Facilities

While there are several studies that focus on care settings in relation to verbal narratives, only a few studies have paid attention to how comics in general, and graphic medicine in particular, engage critical care environments and settings. Drawing strengths from the underground and alternative comics and capitalizing on health humanities, graphic medicine, a recent development in the comics genre, concentrates on the issues related to health, illness, and care. Coined by Ian Williams in 2007, graphic medicine refers to the intersection of comics and concerns of healthcare. Graphic medicine has always engaged informal, formal, and biomedical caregiving settings. Against this backdrop, the present article, drawing on relevant theoretical debates on spatial studies and care, examines Stan Mack’s Janet& Me (2004), Joyce Farmer’s Special Exits (2014), and Sarah Leavitt’s Tangles (2012). In so doing, the article seeks to delineate care facilities (family, hospitals, among others) and their impact on patients.

Model Spasial Regionisasi dan Rujukan Fasilitas Kesehatan

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Agel Vidian Krama ◽  
Nurul Qamilah
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
Spatial Studies ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Research Type

Location Hospital and Health Center in Bandar Lampung and the District Pesawaran not currently mapped by conventional or digital. And there is no data base that provides information about the location and distribution of hospitals and health centers in Bandar Lampung City, and the uneven number of health facilities to ensure the availability of health services for all citizens, by optimizing existing health care facilities. Contributions utilization of spatial studies in the health field is used for mapping and modeling of health in order to facilitate access, provision of efficiency and planning of health services in order to take policy related to determining the location of health facilities. The research method uses spatial model approach with descriptive research type and analysis through the use of Huff Model. The results of the regionization shows the coverage area of hospital services serving 33 points in the District Pesawaran and 24 point Population in Bandar Lampung with the spread of regionization is divided into 3 regions. Keywords: Health Service, Regionalization

scholarly journals Does "Flattening the Curve" Affect Critical Care Services Delivery for COVID-19? A Global Health Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramiro E. Gilardino
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Care Facilities

During this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, nations are taking bold measures to mitigate the spread of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in order to avoid the overwhelming its critical care facilities. While these "flattening the curve" initiatives are showing signs of impeding the potential surge in COVID-19 cases, it is not known whether these measures alleviate the burden placed on intensive care units. Much has been made of the desperate need for critical care beds and medical supplies, especially personal protective equipment (PPE). But while these initiatives may provide health systems time to bolster their critical care infrastructure, they do little to protect the most essential element – the critical care providers. This article examines bolder initiatives that may be needed to both protect crucial health systems and the essential yet vulnerable providers during this global pandemic.

A national survey of critical care nurses' practices related to administration of neuromuscular blocking agents

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Foster ◽  
SK Kish ◽  
CH Keenan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Peripheral Nerve ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neuromuscular Blocking ◽  
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Blocking Agents ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Acute Care Facilities

BACKGROUND: Recommendations on use of neuromuscular blocking agents include using peripheral nerve stimulators to monitor depth of blockade and concomitantly administering sedatives and/or analgesics. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate critical care nurses' practices in administering neuromuscular blocking agents. METHODS: A 16-item survey was mailed to 483 acute care facilities in the United States. Of these, 246 surveys (51%) were returned and analyzed to determine use of neuromuscular blocking agents, peripheral nerve stimulators, sedatives, and analgesics. Logistic regression analysis was used to find independent predictors of use of peripheral nerve stimulators. RESULTS: Seventy-five percent of respondents reported long-term use of neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill patients. Of those, 63% monitored the level of blockade with peripheral nerve stimulators. Reasons for not using peripheral nerve stimulators included unavailability of equipment (48%), lack of training (36%), and insufficient evidence that peripheral nerve stimulators improve care (23%). Predictors of use of stimulators were facilities with more than 150 beds (P < .001) and administration of neuromuscular blocking agents by continuous infusion (P < .001). Ninety-five percent of respondents reported using concurrent analgesics/sedatives always or most of the time. Facilities with fewer than 10 beds in the intensive care unit used concurrent analgesics/sedatives significantly less often than did facilities with 10 beds or more (90% vs 98%, respectively; P = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Small and large facilities differ in concomitant use of analgesics/sedatives and peripheral nerve stimulators. Education and research are needed to ensure that patients receive adequate monitoring and sedation during administration of neuromuscular blocking agents.

scholarly journals Mapping the characteristics of critical care facilities: Assessment, distribution, and level of critical care facilities from central India

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 625-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajnish Joshi ◽  
Sanjay Kumar ◽  
Santosh Bhaskar ◽  
Saurabh Saigal ◽  
Abhijit Pakhare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Central India ◽  
Care Facilities

scholarly journals The sense of loneliness and a satisfaction with life of people staying in Residential Care Facilities in Cracow

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Ewelina Franczyk
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship

The present article introduces results of the empirical research about a relationship between the index of the sense of loneliness and a level of satisfaction with the life among people staying in five residential care facilities (DPS ) in Cracow. The research was carried out in 5 residential care facilities (DPS ) in Cracow. There were 70 respondents (50 women and 20 men). It was conducted by using “Satisfaction With Life Scale” and “The 11-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale”. The analysed research data showed a negative nature of the relationship between the index of the sense of loneliness and a level of satisfaction.

Articulating Health Humanities in Graphic Narratives by Medical Illustrators

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Lisa Detora
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Medical Illustration ◽  
Health Humanities ◽  
Graphic Narrative ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
Graphic Narratives ◽  
Fertile Ground

Using a theoretical model of “articulation” gleaned from the rhetoric of health and medicine, this chapter situates graphic narratives by medical illustrators against two strains of health humanities: medical education and humanistic inquiry. It might seem that medical illustration, itself a hybrid discipline that bridges art and medical science, would de facto account for both registers of health humanities, yet the reality is more complex. Ultimately, medical illustrators operate within their own rich traditions. Thus, work like Héloise Chochois’ La Fabrique Des Corps: Des Premièrs Prostéhses à l’Humaine Augmenté (2017) or Kriota Willberg’s The Wandering Uterus (Furor Uterensis) and Contemporary Applications of Ancient Medical Wisdom (2016) present a fertile ground for building an understanding of graphic narrative and medicine that extends beyond the experiences of illness that characterize most current understandings of Graphic Medicine.

Short-Term Ventilation of Critically Ill Patients in Recovery

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 214-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ryan ◽  
Gillian Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Recovery Unit ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Care Facilities

There is often a shortfall of critical care facilities which can result in a number of patients who need management in intensive care units (ICUs) being treated in a recovery unit prior to being found an ICU bed. This article describes a study which examined this situation. The patients’ origins, durations of stay in recovery, outcomes and final destinations are discussed. The authors conclude that recovery provides a hidden resource to supplement the lack of intensive care beds and suggest ways that the problem might be addressed.

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