Walking Home From The ICU Episode 91: The Awake and Walking ICU in Denmark
Are there any other “Awake and Walking ICUs” outside of Salt Lake City, Utah? Dr. Thomas Strom shares with us his team’s success and research in Denmark. He provides powerful insight into the gaps and future of critical care medicine. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:37 Okay, I am so excited about this really powerful episode.
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 90: Registered Dietitian Consultation STAT
What role do registered dietitians play in patient outcomes in the ICU? Why is malnutrition such an emergency? How can we better utilize the expertise of registered dietitians? What does the latest research show about our performance with nutrition in the ICU? Megan Dockweiler, MS, RD, CNSC, and Amand Bakko, MS, RD CNSC share with
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 89: Dropping the Grenade On the ICU
What role does the choice of sedation in the field or ED play in the delirium that unfolds in the ICU? How can inter-departmental collaboration improve sedation practices and patient outcomes? How can the ICU better understand delirium and respond appropriately to new admissions from the other facilities and the ED? Jeff Polland, BS, NRP,
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 88: Bring In Speech Language Pathology
How do speech-language pathologists save lives? How can we more fully utilize them in the ICU? How can PT, OT, AND SLP help, halt, or reverse pulmonary disease processes during acute and critical illness? Let’s discuss how they prevent harm and restore humanity in the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Okay, way back in
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 87: Is Their Silence Worth Their Suffering?
Mark Hudson, an ICU survivor podcast host, is all too well acquainted with delirium. He has dedicated himself to advocating for fellow patients and survivors to prevent the torture of delirium. He tells it to us straight and guides us towards improvements. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Okay, a huge objective of this podcast is
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 86: Ventilator Management in the Awake and Walking COVID19 Unit
How is the “Awake and Walking ICU” keeping their COVID19 patients mentally and physically functional during severe COVID19? Do they face constant ventilator asynchrony and how do they deal with it? Geoff shares with us his vast experience as a respiratory therapist in walking patients on mechanical ventilation during critical illness and now COVID19. Episode
Walking Home From The ICU Episode 85: RT Magic
Does sedation always improve ventilator dyssynchrony, or can it cause it? How does a lack of unity between disciplines impact patient care and outcomes? How can we better support and utilize the expertise of respiratory therapists to optimize care for patients on ventilators? Brady Scott, PhD, RRT shares his 20 years of experience and insights.
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 84: Zentensive Care
How can we manage ventilators to decrease alarms, avoid misdiagnosing/mistreating asynchrony, and improve patient comfort and outcomes? Dr. Matt Siuba, MD, the “Zenintensivist”, shares with us his tools to decrease sedation and neuromuscular blockade use. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Hello, and welcome back. Before we start as the episode you have all been waiting
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 83: Paralyze With Fear
As neuromuscular blockade agents have come back into vogue, let’s talk about the big picture. When we understand the repercussions of this intervention, we will paralyze with fear. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Oh, neuromuscular blockade agents, such a hot topic right now. I approach it with trepidation, and passion. Let’s start with the
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 82: Burnout
Burnout What role do constant poor patient outcomes play in the pandemic of ICU staff burnout? What if we had a system that supported staff to practice evidence-based medicine? Would a more humane environment and process of care improve our morale? Would improved patient outcomes support staff retention? Liz McQueen, BSN, RN, shares with us
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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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