Walking Home From The ICU Episode 126 Delirium Podcrawl Episode
Tina from Good Nurse Bad Nurse co-hosts with Kali to explore how gaps in delirium education and support can turn lethal by a “Bad Nurse” and how a “Good Nurse” can change and save innumerable lives for generations to come. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:05 This is a special episode as part of a pod
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 125: Responding to Agitation in the ICU
As Dr. Swamy said in episode 61, “You can’t sedate away delirium”. Yet, when patients are delirious and agitated, how can we keep patients and clinicians safe? How do we avoid and even discontinue sedation while keeping lines and tubes intact? What role do restraints play in agitation and trauma for patients? Are soft wrist
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 124: Alcohol Withdrawal and Phenobarbital
Alcohol withdrawal can send our patients into a spiral of delirium and downstream complications in the ICU. What are the risks of benzodiazepines for our patients even during alcohol withdrawal? How can we give our patients the best chance to walk away from ETOH withdrawal and critical illness? Dr. Obiajulu Anozie, MD joins us in
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 123: Updating 50 Years of Perspective and Practices
Dr. Peter Murphy has worked in critical care for nearly 50 years. As a seasoned expert in the field, he shares with us his own wake-up call to the reality of decades-old sedation practices. He provokes the question: “Am I leading or fighting evolution?” Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:22 For anyone that works in medicine,
Walking Home From The ICU Episode 122: Caleigh’s Voice Through Critical Illness
Caleigh has had it both ways in the ICU. She has been sedated and immobilized which led to battling delirium and ICU acquired weakness. She has also been awake and mobile while intubated and walked out the doors. Listen to Caleigh share her insights and what meant to her to be communicative, connected, and autonomous
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 120: Walk Like Your Life Depends On It
What does being awake and mobile mean to current ECMO patient, Denise Bazalda? From her ICU room with a tracheostomy and connected to ECMO, @88deniseb, gives us incredible insight into how she is fighting for her life. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:35 One of the main motifs throughout this podcast is patient autonomy and giving
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 119: The Trauma of Delirium After a Traumatic Birth
How can delirium contribute to the trauma of a traumatic birthing experience? Midwife and ICU survivor, Amber, shares with us her personal journey through and after the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:35 Okay, it’s time to bring it all back to the real reason for transitioning to an “Awake and Walking ICU”, which is
Walking Home From The ICU Episode 116: “In Shock” with Dr. Rana Awdish
How does a personal fight for life in the ICU impact a survivor-intensivist’s approach to patient care? Dr. Rana Awdish, author of “In Shock”, shares intimate experiences in and after her ICU stay. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 00:38 Hello, and happy new year! Ending 2022, I am filled with gratitude for such an incredible year
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 115: Sedation By Race
We know that prolonged sedation and immobility are lethal. We also know that there are significant racial disparities in outcomes in the ICU. How does race impact sedation practices? What role does sedation management play in racial inequality in critical care medicine? Dr. Thomas Valley shares with us his invaluable research into sedation by race.
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 112: Unplanned Extubations
What does research reveal about how and why do unplanned extubations occur? How dangerous are unplanned extubations? We dive into it deep in this episode. Episode Transcription One of the common foundational reasons for giving sedation automatically after intubation is for an inherited sense of safety. Between being uneducated about the risks and repercussions of
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