Simple, radical, beautiful. "Stealing the opportunity for meaningful last words is precisely the kind of avoidable complication that ought to be visible to us in the ICU. My intubation checklist now includes this step."
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#meded
@rocketgirlmd
I always believed in this practice and it is good to see that now more of us decide to accept the fact that our patients are real humans.
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@eliowa
It’s good to see physicians starting to more and more think like nurses. I say this with high praise for both disciplines. The blending of the technical with compassion and awareness of the wholeness of the person and his/her loved ones matter in healthcare delivery.