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Vincent JL. Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day. Crit Care Med. 2005;33(6):1225-9doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46.
Vincent, J. L. (2005). Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day. Critical care medicine, 33(6), 1225-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46
Vincent, Jean-Louis. "Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day." Critical care medicine vol. 33,6 (2005): 1225-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46
Vincent JL. Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day. Crit Care Med. 2005 Jun;33(6):1225-9. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46. PMID: 15942334.
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Crit Care Med. 2005 Jun;33(6):1225-9. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46.

Give your patient a fast hug (at least) once a day.

Critical care medicine

Jean-Louis Vincent

Affiliations

  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]

PMID: 15942334 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165962.16682.46

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.

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