Walking Home From The ICU Episode 61: “You Can’t Sedate Away Delirium”
What barriers do we have in our ICU culture that prevent us from appropriately addressing delirium? What can we do to foster a better approach to helping delirious patients that are difficult to care for? Dr. Swamy gets real as we discuss the reality of delirium from our side of the bed. Episode Transcription
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 60: “Just Let Them Sleep”
For decades we have sedated patients with the belief that it is more humane to “sleep” through critical illness. Survivors have told us their experiences were not “sleep” to them. What do neurologists and researchers say about the quantity and quality of sleep during medically-induced comas? Dr. Williams Roberson shares with us her research and
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 54: Back To Harmful Practices From the ’90s
After decades of research revealing the price patients pay from benzodiazepines, where are we now in the ICU? Dr. Wes Ely and Brenda Pun share with us the latest COVID study and how COVID-19 patients are being cared for around the world. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:29 Hello, it’s been a while. Thanks for hanging
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 52: Haunted Beyond the ICU
What truly happens during delirium? When do the hallucinations and terror stop? Survivors give us a sobering reality check of what caused the deep psychological trauma during their ICU stays and how their lives are forever impacted Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Throughout this podcast, we have explored the reality that prolonged deep sedation causes
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 51: Post-ICU PTSD: Fact vs. Fallacy
What does research reveal about the most common contributing factors of post-ICU PTSD? Does sedation prevent or inflict trauma? Dr. Jackson shares with us his decades of research and experience with post-ICU PTSD. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:27 Hello, and welcome back. This episode, we’re going to discuss what truly traumatizes our patients during their
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 50: The Reality of Post-ICU PTSD
What causes Post-ICU PTSD? What is it like to live with this trauma? How does it impact life after the ICU? Spencer Freeman shares with us intimate insight into living with Post-ICU PTSD. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:27 Throughout the podcast, we have talked a lot about delirium in the sense of what causes it,
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 41: Crisis Culture During COVID19
What happens to our culture and practice when patient volumes and needs exceed our ICU capacity? How does this impact short and long-term outcomes? Dr. Dixie Harris shares with us the reality of ICU care in NY during the COVID19 pandemic. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 You were listening to walking home from the
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 36: We Need To Talk
Kali discusses what would happen if we expected to be able to communicate with all patients on mechanical ventilation. How would that impact our practices? What role does communication play in patient survival and outcomes? Episode Transcription Kali Dayton What would happen if we expected to be able to communicate with all of our mechanically
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 32: Delirium Day
In commemoration of Delirium Day, it is most appropriate to hear from one of the leading delirium experts, Dr. Sharon Inouye! She shares with us her professional and personal experiences with delirium in all aspects of hospitalization. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Hello! Today, March 11 is delirium day. So not in celebration, but in commemoration
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 5: The Big Picture of ICU Delirium with Dr. Wes Ely
Kali talks to Dr. Wes Ely, sub-specialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and creator of the cam scoring tool and the ABCDE F bundle. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Today, we’re going to be talking to Dr. Wes Ely. Dr. Ely is a sub specialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and has been a
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
Perception Versus Reality: Debunking The Myths About Medically-Induced Comas
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