Walking Home From The ICU Episode 68: PICU UP!
We know that sedation causes and worsens ICU delirium, post-ICU PTSD, post-ICU dementia, and ICU-acquired weakness in adults. The research is vast and compelling. What does this mean for children? What does research reveal about the harm children suffer from drug-induced comas? Is there a different way to treat our children? Can we preserve their
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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
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 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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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 55: Walking in ICUs Around the World
Where in the world do patients walk on ventilators and ECMO? Providers from 22 countries share with us their experiences with helping patients walk home from the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Okay, let’s talk about walking patients on ventilators. Though one of my favorite topics, I recognize that it is a big
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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”
Walking Home From The ICU Episode 46: Waking Up After Decades of Sedation
What is like for a seasoned ICU nurse with decades of valuable experience to completely change their sedation practices? What is like to then re-enter a “normal” environment and strive to continue the best practice? Paula shares with us her personal shock and conversion. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Hello, and welcome back. New listeners,
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 45: Physical Therapy In the ICU During COVID19
What roles do physical and occupational play in helping COVID19 patients survive and thrive? How have they changed their approaches during the challenges of COVID19? Why should we never remove their therapies from ICU care? Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 When COVID-19 came our way with concerns about isolation, patient load, and PPE immediately physical
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 42: The Power of Nursing Care Against COVID19
When good nursing care is not possible during a pandemic, what happens to patient outcomes? Makenzie tells her tales as an ICU nurse in NY as we explore the role nursing care plays in saving and restoring lives. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Makenzie, thank you so much for being with us on the show.
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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. To understand this better, listen to Walking Home From The ICU. You will see what ICU consultant Kali Dayton provides to your team.
Her training will catalyze changes in your practice to improve outcomes, decrease costs, and allow your patients to return to their full lives. Learn to love your job again as you embrace whole person care instead of caring for inert sedated bodies. 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
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