Animations help families understand common Covid-19 treatments
A series of short films created by cardiologist Professor David Wald are helping families to understand how their loved ones are treated for Covid-19 in intensive care.
The animations, which are available through the award winning Explain my Procedure website, reveal, in simple terms, what goes on in an intensive care unit or ICU, from the role of staff to common treatments such as mechanical ventilation and a tracheostomy.
The films are just a few minutes long and have been translated from English into a number of common languages, including Turkish, Polish, Hindi and Bengali.
Explainmyprocedure.com features short animations on a range of medical interventions such as cardiology, orthopaedic and general surgery.
It has shown to substantially improve understanding among patients, before they consent to medical and surgical procedures.
The website won the HSJ Award for Digitising Patient Services in 2019 and the BMJ Award for Digital Innovation Team of the Year in 2020.
The latest project demystifying the intensive care unit is supported by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and endorsed by the Intensive Care Society.