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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: Better Together Staff Pocket Guide for Staff Author(s): Institute for patient and family centered care Publisher or Source: Institute for patient and family centered care Type of Media: Brochure Media Originally for: Former ICU Patients, Former ICU Patients' Family Members, Friends or Caregivers, General Public Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Pre-Use of PICS Designation COVID-19 Related: No Description: Family members and friends who have been identified by patients as their care partners, together with you and other staff, are integral members of the health care team. These family members and friends provides provide comfort and assistance for patients. As care partners, they can also help you share information, by participating in aspect of care, and by helping make decisions. They can be spokesperson, advocate, and supporter, especially if patients are too sick or too overwhelmed to do this for themselves. They are essential to ensuring quality, safe transition to home and ongoing care and recovery once a patient leaves the hospital. The following suggestions are offered to guide you as you become PARTNERS together To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: The Cost of Surviving the ICU Author(s): Ian R. Williams Publisher or Source: Slate Type of Media: Newspaper Article, Testimonial Media Originally for: General Public Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) COVID-19 Related: Yes Description: We tend to make sense of sickness by ascribing levels to it, like medals in Olympic boxing: There’s featherweight “I’m under the weather,” a welterweight “ghastly ill.” And then there’s the super heavyweight, an opponent that actually scares you. Few people have to face off with this kind of illness. I have. Which may be why, as I scan through the daily news about the coronavirus, I tend to skip the stats on how many have died, the ventilators we don’t have, the politics, the quarantines, the jobs lost, even the bread-baking. Instead, I find myself drifting into the minds of those souls strapped to gurneys in the hallway, encased in a macramé of tubes and wires, fighting for each breath. These are the ones facing the super heavyweight. Some of them will die. But the ones I think about are the ones who will survive. Because I’ve been there. I know that getting off the ventilator won’t be the end of the story. And I know that not being sick doesn’t mean you’re well. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: family-post-intensive-care-syndrome-risk-factors Author(s): K. Renee Twibell, PhD, RN, CNE; Amber Petty, BSN, RN, CCRN; Amanda Olynger, BSN, RN, CCRN; and Sheila Abebe, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC Publisher or Source: American Nurse Type of Media: One-Pager Media Originally for: Critical Care Physicians, General Public, Nurses and/or Other Critical Care Medical Professionals Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome for Families (PICS-F) COVID-19 Related: No Description: Factors that heighten the risk of developing PICS-F include patient and family characteristics, as well as the critical care unit’s environmental characteristics. (See Knowing the risk factors.) The characteristics most amenable to nurses’ preventive actions are those in the critical care environment and those related to family’s needs. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: JAMA Internal Medicine Author(s): JAMA Internal Medicine Publisher or Source: American Medical Association Type of Media: Magazine Article Media Originally for: Critical Care Physicians, General Medical Professionals, Nurses and/or Other Critical Care Medical Professionals Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) COVID-19 Related: No Description: Survivors of critical illness frequently experience a post–intensive care syndrome comprising physical, psychological, and cognitive disabilities. In this randomized clinical trial,Walsh and colleagues developed a rehabilitation strategy that used a dedicated therapist to increase the frequency and intensity of mobilization and exercise therapy, dietetic review and advice, and referral for other therapies using predefined triggers, together with providing greater illness-specific information. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: 5 Things You Need to Know When Your Loved One is in ICU Author(s): Meredith Dodge, MSN, RN; and Susan Montminy, MSN, RN Publisher or Source: Today’s Caregiver magazine Type of Media: Magazine Article Media Originally for: Former ICU Patients' Family Members, Friends or Caregivers, General Public Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Pre-Use of PICS Designation COVID-19 Related: No Description: This article contains key information on assisting family members survive when a loved one is in the intensive care unit. Communication, decision making, multi-disciplinary meetings, pain/comfort, and sleep are discussed. Hopefully, knowing this information will help you and your loved one have a positive experience and survive your time in the ICU. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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