Walking Home from The ICU Episode 25: Respiratory Therapists
Kali talks with Cash, RRT, who shares his tips and secrets to walking and even showering patients on the ventilator. He reveals how having patients awake and walking has impacted his ICU career. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Cash thanks so much for joining us. So as a respiratory therapist Share with us your expertise,
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 22: Interdisciplinary Teamwork
Patients cannot walk out of the ICU without the efforts and expertise of each discipline. Kali discusses the role each discipline plays in returning patients to their lives. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton I saw a profound statement on Twitter that said, “No one person can overcome delirium.” That is so true. It is as Polly
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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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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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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 11: Rehabilitate Rehabilitation
When we send patients to LTAC or SNF to relearn how to walk, what is that like? Susi Rimkus, DNP, shares with us her experience with rehabilitating rehabilitation. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Now that we’ve heard about the months it took for a patient like Jim, to be able to walk again, let’s look at
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 1: Start Here
Kali shares the variation in sedation and mobility practices she witnesses in critical care throughout the USA. ICU survivors changed her perspective and belief in what is right and best for patients. Episode Transcription You are listening to “Walking Home From the ICU”. We will be exploring how to save and preserve lives in the
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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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