The concept of the medical environment as an influential factor in shaping how patients experience their illness and eventual outcome has long been part of clinical medicine. Nevertheless, the notion of reshaping the environment in the setting of intensive care unit (ICU) to improve patient outcome is comparatively new, and interest has resurfaced in the last two decades. Common sedation practice, as recently as in the 1980s and 1990s, mandated high levels of sedation to shield patients from the tolls of their acute illness and the related treatment. Evidence of the adverse effects that this form of sedation management on a patient’s cognition, morbidity, and mortality has led to a gradual but contnious shift in routine clinical practice. This newly emerged body of evidence has ultimately led to clinical guideline recommendations advocating for alert and cooperative patients.
Podcast: Light & Color for the Critically Ill Patient /
This podcast episode will take you on a journey of how we see light & color art supporting the ongoing transformation of critical care.
This episode is part of the Perspective Rethink & Relearn Podcast Series . We highly recommed to check out the other episodes of the 1st season as well.