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Walking Home From The ICU Episode: 128: Delirium Severity By ICU and Race

Let’s talk about delirium severity. Does the severity of delirium vary by ICU specialties or by ICU treatment? What role does sedation play in delirium severity? What role does race play in delirium severity? Dr. Damaris Ortiz shares with us key findings from her important research. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Yeah. Dr. Ortiz, welcome

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 127 Saving Lives and Over 1 Million Dollars

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 127: Saving Lives and Over One Million Dollars

When the ICU at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Colorado invested less than $100,000 into becoming an Awake and Walking ICU, what was their return on investment? How has supporting the training, education, and support of their team impacted their team dynamics, morale, and patient outcomes? Nancy Mcgann, PT, shares with us her team’s exciting success!

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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,

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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 121: Tips and Tricks

Having patients awake during mechanical ventilation can require a new skill set and approach to patient care. Let’s talk about some of the tips and tricks for improving patient comfort and care. We’ll hear it from an RN/podcast listener/ICU survivor and Louise Bezdjian, APRN from the original Awake and Walking ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton

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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

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