Dayton Walking From ICU Episode 29 Occupational Therapists

Walking Home from The ICU Episode 29: Occupational Therapists

In this episode, Kali talks with Merrill, MOT, to find out how occupational therapy is utilized when patients are awake and walking on the ventilator, what role occupational therapy plays in preserving physical and cognitive function during critical illness, and how this enhanced role has impacted Merrill’s his career.   Episode Transcription Kali Dayton I’m

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Dayton Walking From ICU Episode 21 What We've Always Done Isn't Always Right

Walking Home from The ICU Episode 21: What We’ve “Always Done” Isn’t Always Right

Polly Bailey, ACNP, shares with us her journey to building an awake and walking ICU. Decades before the research and in a generation of paralytics and benzodiazepines, she saw a problem and had a vision.   Episode Transcription Kali Dayton So now you’ve heard about patients that’s been weak on the ventilator with high settings

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Dayton Walking From ICU Episode 14 Different Treatment Different Outcomes

Walking Home from The ICU Episode 14: Different Treatment Different Outcomes

If we treated patients differently, would their outcomes be different? What if patients never stopped walking during critical illness? In this episode, one ICU dared to ask.   Episode Transcription Kali Dayton For the past 13 episodes, we have learned about the mental psychological and physical suffering of survivors of prolonged sedation, delirium and immobility.

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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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