FAST HUG is a mnemonic proposed five years ago by Jean-Louis Vincent as a way of assisting healthcare workers looking after critically ill patients.
The mnemonic stands for:
F= Feeding
A = Analgesia
S = Sedation
T = Thromboembolic prophylaxis
H = Head-of-bed elevation
U = stress Ulcer prophylaxis, and
G = Glucose/glycemic control.
All the components are evidence-based and have been used the