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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Totally clueless is what my family and I would have been if I hadn’t reached out to Kali about my dad’s ICU journey. What started as a back surgery ended up turning into a three-month hospital stay which then ended up turning into three hospital stays from May through November 2021. Kali helped so much in understanding the ICU medications he was on and how the use of sedatives was in fact causing his delirium and agitation, and not actually his demeanor. We were able to talk to nursing staff and doctors to help gently wean him away from those medications. I have learned so much about ICU medication from Kali and I am not a medical professional. Without her consultation and knowledge, I wouldn’t know where to start when talking to the nurses and doctors.
Also, listening to her podcast helped me to understand the journey she took with her own patients who were being ventilated on high settings. This helped me understand my dad’s settings weren’t detrimental to his health and the issues were more related to the use of sedatives and being stationary in a hospital bed, which led to a longer hospital stay due to immobility and all the effects it can have on the human body.
With Kali’s advocacy and passion about ICU medicine she can change patient outcomes and improve their quality of life after an ICU hospital stay. I firmly know and believe EVERY single intensive care unit in EVERY single hospital needs to consult with Kali on how to change their practices, and EVERY single family who has a loved one in an intensive care unit needs to consult with Kali on the status of their loved one and how to improve their outcome.
Leah, Accounting professional and daughter of a beloved father
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