Episode 103: Communication Is a Basic Human Right- Especially in the ICU

What impact does it have on patients to be lost in solitude while in medically-induced comas?  How does the inability to communicate impact patients' agitation, anxiety, and trauma?  How can providing communication tools ease the stress and burden of critical illness on clinicians, patients and families?  When patients are unable to verbalize, what tools are available to facilitate communication?  This episode explores the value of communication in the ICU and the impact of our sedation and immobility practices on the basic human right of communication.  www.daytonicuconsulting.com