Walking Home From The ICU Podcast Archives - Page 3 of 22

Episode 195: Public Opinion on Informed Consent and Medically-Induced Comas

If the choice between being sedated or awake and mobile was provided prior to intubation with the risks disclosed, what would the general public choose? Do patients and families have a right to know the risks of continuous sedation? I interviewed strangers in airports throughout the USA to learn more about their preferences. Episode Transcription

Learn More > from Episode 195: Public Opinion on Informed Consent and Medically-Induced Comas

Episode 194: Walking While Intubated with an IABP with Bob

What it is like to wake up intubated with an intra aortic balloon pump and then have Teia, your physical therapist, get you walking? Bob shares with us how the ABCDEF Bundle helped him walk home from the ICU. Episode Transcription [00:00:00] This is the walking home from the ICU Podcast. I’m Kelly Dayton, a

Learn More > from Episode 194: Walking While Intubated with an IABP with Bob

Episode 193: Empowering Respiratory Therapists with JJ the RT

What does JJ the RT have to say about last episode’s exploration of sedation and ventilator asynchrony? Are respiratory therapists prepared and empowered to optimize their role in Awake and Walking ICUs? How can create an environment that fosters RT excellence? JJ explores it all in this episode. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton\: [00:00:00] This is

Learn More > from Episode 193: Empowering Respiratory Therapists with JJ the RT

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 151: Breathing Trials with Karsten Roberts

Are awakening trials just for breathing trials? How do we set patients up for successful breathing trials to minimize time on the ventilator? What role does sedation and mobility play into prompt liberation from mechanical ventilation? Karsten Roberts, MSc, RRT, FAARC joins us now to dive deep into spontaneous breathing trials in the ABCDEF Bundle.

Learn More > from Walking Home From The ICU Episode 151: Breathing Trials with Karsten Roberts

Episode 192: Debunking Myths – Sedation and Ventilator Asynchrony

For years we have been taught at the bedside that sedation “improves ventilator asynchrony”. We have believed that patients must be sedated to be compliant with the ventilator. Is that true? What does the research show? Sylvia Stefanos, PharmD, BCCCP joins us armed with the evidence and ready to debunk the myths. Episode Transcription Kali

Learn More > from Episode 192: Debunking Myths – Sedation and Ventilator Asynchrony

Episodes 186: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center Part 5- Respiratory Therapy

Episode 186: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center Part 5 – Respiratory Therapy

What role do respiratory therapists play in creating Awake and Walking ICUs? How did Candace Wistrich, RRT, BSRT and Nelya Kapitula, RRT, BSRT lead their respiratory therapy department to move the revolution forward? They join us now to share their team’s journey! Episode Transcription Nelya Kapitula, RRT, BSRT 0:00 Candace and Nelya, thank you so

Learn More > from Episode 186: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center Part 5 – Respiratory Therapy

Walking From ICU Episode 86 Ventilator Management in the Awake and Walking COVID19 Unit

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

Learn More > from Walking Home From The ICU Episode 86: Ventilator Management in the Awake and Walking COVID19 Unit

Dayton Walking From ICU Episode 25 Respiratory Therapists

Walking Home from The ICU Episode 25: Respiratory Therapists

Kali talks with Cash, RRT, who shares his tips and secrets to walking and even showering patients on the ventilator. He reveals how having patients awake and walking has impacted his ICU career. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Cash thanks so much for joining us. So as a respiratory therapist Share with us your expertise,

Learn More > from Walking Home from The ICU Episode 25: Respiratory Therapists

Episode 191: Insights from SCCM Congress- Current State of Affairs

What do ICU clinicians really know about patient perspective of sedation and immobility? What are their personal wishes if they were intubated in the ICU? What do ICU providers really understand about the ABCDEF bundle and how is it going in the ICU community at large? I hit the halls at SCCM Congress to find

Learn More > from Episode 191: Insights from SCCM Congress- Current State of Affairs

Episode 190: Healing From Post-ICU PTSD with UCF Restores

After 51 days of sedation and immobility in the ICU and on ECMO, Angela Leggett spent almost 2 decades battling post-ICU PTSD. She shares with us her journey and the impact of UCF Restores to give her a new chance at quality of life! Episode Transcription [00:00:00] This is the walking home from the ICU

Learn More > from Episode 190: Healing From Post-ICU PTSD with UCF Restores

DOWNLOAD THIS VALUABLE FREE REPORT