title: Communicating While Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: Texting With a Smartphone.
abstract: Two young adults with severe facial injuries were receiving care in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit at a tertiary care, level I trauma center in the southeastern United States. Both patients were able to communicate by texting on their cellphones to family members, friends, and caregivers in the intensive care unit. Patients who are awake and already have experience texting with a smartphone or other electronic handheld device may be able to communicate well while receiving mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Joseph Shiber is an associate professor of medicine, emergency medicine, and surgical critical care and Ayesha Thomas and Ashley Northcutt are surgical critical care fellows, UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. shiberj@bellsouth.net.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shiber
authors.affiliation: Joseph Shiber is an associate professor of medicine, emergency medicine, and surgical critical care and Ayesha Thomas and Ashley Northcutt are surgical critical care fellows, UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Ayesha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Joseph Shiber is an associate professor of medicine, emergency medicine, and surgical critical care and Ayesha Thomas and Ashley Northcutt are surgical critical care fellows, UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Northcutt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D000068997:Smartphone; D015144:Southeastern United States; D060145:Text Messaging; D055815:Young Adult