ICU-talk: the development of a computerised communication aid for patients in ICU

TY - JOUR

T1 - ICU-talk

T2 - the development of a computerised communication aid for patients in ICU

AU - Etchels, M. C.

AU - MacAulay, F.

AU - Judson, A.

AU - Ashraf, S.

AU - Ricketts, I. W.

AU - Waller, A.

AU - Alm, N.

AU - Warden, A.

AU - Gordon, B.

AU - Brodie, J.

AU - Shearer, A. J.

N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - As ventilators are becoming more highly developed, it is becoming easier to wean patients from sedation. This means that patients are more awake at a time when they can feel most stressed. Communication can be extremely difficult for this group of alert yet still intubated patients. ICU-Talk is a unique communication aid that has been developed specifically for use at this time. This paper describes the collaborative development of this computerised communication aid.

AB - As ventilators are becoming more highly developed, it is becoming easier to wean patients from sedation. This means that patients are more awake at a time when they can feel most stressed. Communication can be extremely difficult for this group of alert yet still intubated patients. ICU-Talk is a unique communication aid that has been developed specifically for use at this time. This paper describes the collaborative development of this computerised communication aid.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0037323806

M3 - Article

SN - 0266-0970

VL - 19

SP - 4

EP - 9

JO - Care of the Critically Ill

JF - Care of the Critically Ill

IS - 1

ER -