Want to improve ICU patient care, but don’t know where to start?

You’re dedicated to the survival of your patients and the safety of your staff, but trying to change deep-rooted mentalities and methods can be daunting.

Our team will work with you to transform your ICU into an Awake and Walking ICU by helping you master the cost-effective, evidence-based protocols found in the ABCDEF Bundle.

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Patient awake and walking in the ICU

When patients are so ill that they require a ventilator in the ICU, the antiquated approach of heavy sedation and immobilization should be avoided in order to help prevent the immense burden of physical and cognitive disabilities suffered during survival.

Kali is leading ICU teams to become Awake and Walking ICUs through true mastery of the ABCDEF Bundle. I endorse her mission and look forward to the standardization of this evidence-based approach in ICUs all over the world.

– Dr. Wes Ely, author of Every Deep Drawn Breath, leading founder of the ABCDEF Bundle and ICU CAM delirium screening tool, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Creating Awake and Walking ICUs: Master the ABCDEF Bundle

Hospitals that invest in training and resources to master the ABCDEF Bundle can achieve millions in annual savings while improving conditions for clinicians and outcomes for patients.

What’s more, the Awake and Walking ICU approach can help you decrease:

7-day mortality by 68%
ICU readmission by 46%
Health care costs by 30%
Comas and delirium by 50%
Physical restraint use by 60%
Discharges to anywhere but home by 36%

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Consulting Services

Medical Professionals in the ICU

Modernizing ICU patient care methods will ensure a better work environment for my team, and improved outcomes for my patients, but I’m already overwhelmed. I need someone who’s an expert in this field.

I am a clinician.

Working with our team of experts will take some of the weight off your shoulders, and help you to:

Ensure patients have a greater chance of survival
Reduce burnout by improving the working conditions and morale of your staff
Align your ICU with current research and benefit your bottom line by implementing the most up-to-date, cost-effective practices
Formulate evidence-based sedation and mobility protocols, which will vastly improve patient outcomes

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Family member in the ICU

My loved one is in the ICU, and I want to understand what’s going on and ensure we’re doing everything possible to give them the best chance, but I’m not a doctor. I need support, and I need someone I can trust.

I am a family member.

Our consultants will give you the guidance you need to put your mind at ease, and ensure you can:

Be more involved in your family member’s care
Decrease your loved one’s chances of dying or experiencing other complications
Make sure your family member has a better quality of life once they leave the hospital
Have the knowledge to understand how you can help improve your loved one’s care and outcomes

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Speaking

Presentation Topics

How an Awake and Walking ICU Saves Lives
Optimizing the ABCDEF Bundle for each ICU Specialty
Financial Benefits of an Awake and Walking ICU
Delirium Management in an Awake and Walking ICU
Redefining Early Mobility in an Awake and Walking ICU

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Presentation Settings

Kali is available to present at a variety of settings, including:

Grand Rounds
Medical Conferences
ICU Team Meetings
Hospital Administrative Meetings

Upcoming Appearances

SCCM 2025 Critical Care Congress

February 23rd-25th, 2025

2025 INW-AACN Spring Symposium

March 5th-6th, 2025

2025 ASPHP National SPHM Conference

March 12th-13th, 2025

NurseCon at Sea

April 7th-11th, 2025

ADS Conference 2025

June 29th-July 1st, 2025

About Kali

Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP, is a critical care nurse practitioner, host of the Walking Home From The ICU and Walking You Through The ICU podcasts, and critical care outcomes consultant. She is dedicated to creating Awake and Walking ICUs by ensuring ICU sedation and mobility practices are aligned with current research. She works with ICU teams internationally to transform patient outcomes through early mobility and management of delirium in the ICU.

Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP

Resources

Episodes 186: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center Part 5- Respiratory Therapy

What role do respiratory therapists play in creating Awake and Walking ICUs? How did Candace Wistrich, RRT, BSRT and [...]

Reviving Core Nursing Values in Critical Care Through the ABCDEF Bundle

Critical care is an extraordinary and complex specialty that’s continually evolving, with a growing capacity to save and extend [...]

I’ve Been Nominated for the Best of Nursing Awards!

I am incredibly excited to announce that I’ve been nominated for two Best of Nursing Awards. These awards are [...]

ICU testimonial I stumbled upon Kali’s podcast midway through my anesthesia critical care fellowship in February 2021. At our institution, I got the impression that patients in the ICU either got better on their own or had a prolonged and complicated course to LTAC or death. In her podcast, Kali explained that LTAC was rarely the outcome for patients in the Awake and Walking ICU in Salt Lake City.

Their ICU survivors hardly ever got trached, PEGed, or sent to LTAC, and literally walked out of the hospital in condition as close to their previous health as they could be. Although the concept of using no sedation on ventilated patients was completely foreign to me, it made sense based on what I had read in the literature. I devoured all of the episodes from the beginning, many of them bringing tears and regret for my ignorance, followed by inspiration and hope in later episodes. Listening to her podcast has been one of the most profound experiences in my short, eight-year career in medicine.

After discovering the no sedation, early mobility practice at the Awake and Walking ICU, my focus shifted to bringing it to my own institution. I visited Salt Lake City in March to witness it with my own eyes. Since then, I’ve been in touch closely with Kali and Louise to learn the practical approaches to sedation wean and sedation avoidance for newly intubated patients in the ICU.

Mikita Fuchita, MD
Colorado, USA