Walking Home From The ICU Episode 76: Less Sedation = Less Work
Is it *really* easier to sedate patients? Ultimately, does giving patient delirium and ICU acquired weakness actually decrease staff workload? Travel nurse, Alex, gives us the real deal. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Alex, thanks so much for coming back onto the podcast are sure you are with us in Episode 32. But can you
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 74: Walk Them To Sleep
What are the main “treatments” or “tools” to prevent and treat delirium? How can we facilitate “quiet nights” without harming patients with sedation? Peter Nydahl, RN, MScN, PhD, teaches us how to walk them to sleep. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:27 Hello, and welcome back on one of the videos or pictures posted an Instagram
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 70: Rallying The Troops In The PICU
What specific approaches help rally the troops to bring change to the ICU? How have other PICU teams cultivated a rich culture of mobility? When an interdisciplinary approach becomes the culture of the PICU, what happens to patient outcomes? Erin Gates, DPT and Sara Eilerman, DPT share with us the PICU UP! culture and practices
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 69: Awake and Playing In The PICU
What does it take to inspire a PICU team to keep children on mechanical ventilation awake and playing? Who can bring the change? Hannah Child, a pediatric physiotherapist in the UK, shares with us her team’s evolution and successes. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Hello, and welcome back. Last episode, we were enlightened by Dr.
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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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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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