Walking Home From The ICU Episode 65: “Create Survivors, Not Victims”
Jeroen Molinger, MSc brings the research to the bedside. He ties together the importance of muscle maintenance, nutrition, and how to create survivors not victims. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:01 Jeroen, thank you for being with us again. I know I’m taking a lot of your time. But I think we all really appreciate
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 64: Nutrition During Critical Illness
What role does nutrition play in improving outcomes in the ICU? How can we help preserve muscle through appropriate nutrition during critical illness? Jeroen Molinger, MSc continues to upgrade our approach to critical care through exercise physiology. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 In the ICU world, there is a new emphasis on ICU rehabilitation,
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 63: Muscles Matter
Why is ICU-acquired weakness an independent predictor of mortality? What role does muscular atrophy play in multi-organ failure? When we unnecessarily sacrifice muscles for other organs, how badly do we damage patients’ chances to survive and thrive? Jereon Molinger, MSc, brings eye-opening information to the discussion. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 1:51 Now let’s talk
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 56: Minding Your Own Business
What does it mean to you to be able to toilet yourself? What happens to patient dignity when they are deprived of the capacity to “mind their own business”? Rachel shares with us what is happening to patients even when they are not on mechanical ventilation. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Hey, everybody, before we
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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 43: Trapped In My Body As An ARDS Survivor
Now that we know what happens to patients after sedation and immobility, do we know what it is really like? Do we understand what happens to patient dignity, autonomy, and identity when they lose control of their bodies? Eileen Rubin shares with us what it was like as a 33-year-old trial attorney to wake up
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 42: The Power of Nursing Care Against COVID19
When good nursing care is not possible during a pandemic, what happens to patient outcomes? Makenzie tells her tales as an ICU nurse in NY as we explore the role nursing care plays in saving and restoring lives. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Makenzie, thank you so much for being with us on the show.
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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 33: COVID19- The Domino Effect
Kali talks about what can we do to improve mortality in the midst of a pandemic and how, as times have changed, our practices must change as well. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Hello, and welcome back. A lot has been happening in our ICU world. Over the past few weeks, I feel compelled to talk
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 9: The Big Picture of Immobility
What happens down the road to patients that are on bedrest during their time on the ventilator? Is there another way? Let’s put it into the big picture. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Now I want to talk about some things that will make us as ICU providers a little uncomfortable. So buckle up and
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As an RN in the Medical-Surgical ICU at the hospital I work at, I began my interest in ICU Liberation through an Evidence-Based Practice project.
While I was initially grabbed by what the literature has to say about over-sedation and patient outcomes, it wasn’t until I discovered Kali’s Walking Home From The ICU podcast that a culture of sedationless ICU care sounded tangible. The group I worked with on the project was both inspired, devastated, and intrigued by the stories Kali illuminates on the podcast, and we were able to bring her to our hospital for a virtual Zoom Webinar, where she presented on the practices in the Awake and Walking ICU.
This webinar was an incredible way to draw attention toward this necessary culture shift as Kali shared stories of patients awake and mobile in the ICU despite the complexity of their illness. The webinar inspired our final draft for the new practice guideline on analgesia and sedation management in the ICU, and since then we have seen intubated COVID patients playing tic tac toe on the door with staff members on the other side, taking laps around the unit, performing their own oral care using a hand mirror, and most importantly, keeping their autonomy and integrity while fighting to leave the ICU to resume the life they had before coming in.
Nora Raher, BSN, RN, MSICU
Virginia, USA
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