Month: November 2023

Episode 157: Sedation is Sleep-Deprivation

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 157: Sedation is Sleep-Deprivation

For decades, we have culturally passed on the myth that patients are sleeping while sedated into medically induced comas. We have assured ourselves and each other that sedation “prevents PTSD”. Research has proven that sedation makes true restorative sleep impossible and real recall of the reality of the ICU is protective against post-ICU PTSD. So

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Episode 156- Nurses Are Willing, but Unsupported and Untrained in Practicing the ABCDEF Bundle

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 156: Nurses Are Willing, but Unsupported and Untrained in Practicing the ABCDEF Bundle

After decades of research and effort, why is there a persistent struggle to truly practice the ABCDEF bundle? Are antiquated sedation practices because nurses are unwilling to change, or is it because they are unsupported and untrained in the risks and realities of sedation? Even when training is provided in the classroom, what do nurses

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Episode 155- F- Family Engagement and Empowerment with Lito Rama

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 155: F- Family Engagement and Empowerment with Lito Rama

How do families impact patient outcomes in the ICU? What does it really mean to engage and empower families in the ICU? Have our teams truly recovered from the strict visitation restrictions from COVID? How does an ABCDEF Bundle culture influence our visitation policies? Lito Rama, RN, MBA joins us now to share with us

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On the night of August 31, 2021, my husband was rushed to the hospital with COVID pneumonia and an O2 saturation of 52. He was put in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator around 5:30 a.m. the next morning.

Kali Dayton was pivotal to myself and my family in explaining what all of the settings are and every step towards recovery. She spoke and advocated with the medical team on numerous occasions and even spoke with the hospital ethics committee. I believe she is an exceptional professional and helped save my husband’s life. She was huge in reducing the extreme amount of paralytic medication and made sure that we were all working together.

It was very difficult working with some of the hospital staff, but she was amazing and able to break through barriers that would have otherwise been impossible. I am eternally grateful for her. Her podcast, Walking Home From The ICU, was so beneficial and helpful. I encourage everyone who has a loved one in the ICU to listen to it.

Shannon West
Florida, USA

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