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Walking From ICU 104- ICU Rehabilitation

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 104: ICU Rehabilitation

When ICU-acquired weakness is not preventable, or we encounter a patient that has not received the ABCDEF bundle, how can we start the rehabilitation process? What approach can one lone clinician use for initiating recovery or preventing ICU-acquired weakness? Physiotherapist, Lucy Sutton, shares with us incredible insight into ICU rehabilitation. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:01

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Sally’s Story: How Outdated ICU Patient Care is Crippling Outcomes for COVID Patients

Sally’s Story: How Outdated ICU Protocols Are Crippling Outcomes for COVID Patients

Throughout the pandemic, it’s become increasingly obvious that the lack of evidence-based ICU protocols is having a devastating effect on ICU patient care. Over the last two years, I’ve seen countless examples of this, and it breaks my heart because most of these tragedies are totally preventable. One of the most poignant examples of this

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Walking From ICU Episode 94- The ICU Deathtrap

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 94: The ICU Deathtrap

Why are prolonged sedation and immobility lethal? How do our standard practices of automatically sedating every patient on a ventilator deprive them of the chance to survive and thrive? What systemic barriers stop us from implementing evidence-based practices that save lives and drastically change outcomes? Michelle, DNP, ACNP dives deep into powerful case studies that

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Walking From ICU Episode 93- The Awake and Walking COVID ICU

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 93: The Awake and Walking COVID ICU

Why is the mortality rate for COVID ICU patients in the Awake and Walking ICU less than half of the other COVID ICUs in the same hospital system in the same community? How have sedation and mobility practices impacted rates of central lines, vasopressor use, paralysis, tracheostomies, and LTACH admissions? How has this ICU continued

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Walking From ICU Episode 86 Ventilator Management in the Awake and Walking COVID19 Unit

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 86: Ventilator Management in the Awake and Walking COVID19 Unit

How is the “Awake and Walking ICU” keeping their COVID19 patients mentally and physically functional during severe COVID19? Do they face constant ventilator asynchrony and how do they deal with it? Geoff shares with us his vast experience as a respiratory therapist in walking patients on mechanical ventilation during critical illness and now COVID19. Episode

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Walking From ICU Episode 77 Start Where You Are

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 77: Start Where You Are

Are lung-protective strategies only implemented when patients are sedated? Is walking on the ventilator safe for the lungs? How do we transition from “sedating to keep patients safe” to “walking to keep patients safe”? Dr. Ali Fazili from the “Awake and Walking ICU” shares with us his expertise. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Hello, and

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Walking From ICU Episode 75 Communicate. Don’t Sedate

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 75: Communicate. Don’t Sedate.

When Jeff Sweat was about to be intubated, what was he told about what was to come? What information did his wife, Sunny Cannon, receive about the risks and reality of deep sedation? Was is it really like to “wake up” 3 weeks later? How have sedation, immobility, and tracheostomy impacted their family? Had they

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Walking From ICU Episode 59 One Nurse Bringing Change to a Hospital System

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 59: One Nurse Bringing Change to a Hospital System

How can one nurse make bring the change? What can happen when a team catches the vision? How can a team transition their culture from deep sedation and immobility to awake and walking? Nora tells us about igniting her team’s fire and the changes they are celebrating. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:29 Hello, we’ve

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Walking From ICU Episode 58 Deadly Treatment for a Deadly Virus?

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 58: Deadly Treatment for a Deadly Virus?

Louise, ACNP, has dedicated her career to preserving lives in the Awake and Walking ICU. So what was it like for her to have her own loved one die from sedation and immobility? She tells it like it is and gives us a sobering insight into both sides of the bedside during COVID19. Episode

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Walking From ICU Episode 57 The Shock of Working in a Normal ICU

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 57: The Shock of Working in a “Normal ICU”

When all you’ve ever known is walking patients on ventilators, what is it like to enter a time machine and go back to sedation and immobility? What did Tara learn taking care of COVID19 patients outside of her “Awake and Walking ICU”? She shares with us her reaffirmed empowerment to change patients’ outcomes through evidence-based

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