Name
Title | ||
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Developing ICU-Talk - A Computer based Communication Aid for Patients in Intensive Care |
Abstract | ||
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The paper highlights the development of a computerised communication aid for intubated patients in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Intubated patients in ICU have few methods of communicating other than attempting to mouth words and use gestures. Communication aids that are available, such as symbol charts and alphabet boards, unfortunately have not been designed to meet the specific requirements of these patients. Even these methods are not ideal for the patient, their family members or the staff caring for the patient. From previous research studies of communication within ICU, patients often feel disempowered and depressed due their inability to contribute to conversations. This often leads to feelings of social isolation. ICU-Talk will be developed to allow the patient to have more control of their communications and at the same time address their ongoing problems and needs on an individual basis. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2000 | 10.1109/EURMIC.2000.874508 | EUROMICRO |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
health care,switches,user interfaces,human factors,etching,arm,stress,speech,natural languages,ergonomics | Health care,Intensive care unit,Social isolation,Gesture,Human factors and ergonomics,Intensive care medicine,Medical emergency,Communication aid,Medicine,Intensive care,Feeling | Conference |
Volume | Citations | PageRank |
2 | 1 | 0.50 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 10 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Judson | 1 | 14 | 3.20 |
| Ian W. Ricketts | 2 | 45 | 7.55 |
| Annalu Waller | 3 | 160 | 26.10 |
| Norman Alm | 4 | 258 | 53.78 |
| Brian Gordon | 5 | 1 | 0.84 |
| F. MacAulay | 6 | 6 | 1.43 |
| J. K. Brodie | 7 | 6 | 1.77 |
| M. Etchels | 8 | 6 | 1.77 |
| Audrey Warden | 9 | 1 | 0.50 |
| A. J. Shearer | 10 | 6 | 1.43 |