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Moving the dial on communication in critical care

Moving the dial on communication in critical care

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How do you effectively communicate with people who require prolonged mechanical ventilation and thus cannot vocalize? How can we better connect with people who cannot speak for themselves? What assumptions do we have that need to be challenged? What practical tips and tools could improve and humanize communication and therefore patient safety - for you, the nurse and for patients and their families?

In this episode we hear how curiosity about these questions and others compelled Dr. Laura Istanboulian to explore interventions to support adult patient communication in the intensive care unit during and beyond. She eloquently describes patient, family and nursing perspectives that can deepen our understanding and praxis in important ways.

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Thank you so much. This resonated strongly for me having spent my early career in ICU. It also made me remember something I had forgotten when I did some volunteer work in China in the 1990’s. They taught their patients having cardiac surgery some basics signs before the operation to indicate the most common needs for this population post surgery when they were still ventilated. I can’t remember exactly but something like 1 finger = pain, 2 fingers = thirsty etc. I thought it was so clever. Obviously planned and short term but still at the time struck me as a great idea.

Importance of communication when we can’t speak

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