Walking Home From The ICU Episode 49: The Cost of Rot
How do Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) impact patient outcomes and quality of life? How can they be better prevented? Cami, our wound care specialist, shares with us penetrating insight into the reality of rotting in the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Today, we’re going to talk about hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs). I
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 48: Q&A
What do you want to know about the Awake and Walking ICU? Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Hello again, I hope you were all staying safe out there as COVID is hitting our ICU world hard right now. I was recently contacted by Chelsey Rogers, who is the founder of the Facebook group, “Tribe RN”
Before Kali, our hospital struggled with overly-sedated patients and lack of early mobility. Despite multiple efforts to change the culture, we were at a standstill. In one hour, Kali was able to ignite a flurry of conversations regarding her experience with the Awake and Walking ICU and this immediately led to a change in clinical practice.
Patients with less sedation and other neurotoxic medications are spending fewer days on the ventilator. If you are considering starting an ICU early mobility program at your hospital, your first step needs to be to consult with Kali and absorb as much information as you can!
Matthew McClain, DPT
Florida, USA
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