Defining effective communication for critically ill patients with an artificial airway: An international multi-professional consensus

CJ Zaga, A Freeman-Sanderson, MB Happ, JD Hoit, BA McGrath, V Pandian, T Quraishi-Akhtar, L Rose, A Sutt, PR Tuinman, S Wallace, R Bellomo, S Berney and AP Vogel Intensive & Critical Care Nursing DOI 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103393

Objectives To define effective communication and identify its key elements specific to critically ill patients with an artificial airway.

Design A modified Consensus Development Panel methodology.

Setting International video-conferences.

Main outcome measures Definition of effective communication and it’s key elements.

Results Eight experts across four international regions and three professions agreed to form the Consensus Development Panel together with a Chair and one person with lived experience who reviewed the outputs prior to finalisation.