Episode 189 The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 8 with Dr. Parimal Bharucha

Episode 189: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 8 with Dr. Parimal Bharucha

What is the ethical and moral responsibility of a medical director to personally practice, lead, and support their ICU to keep patients as awake and mobile as possible? Dr. Parimal Bharucha shares with us the incredible revolution that has happened in his ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton: [00:00:00] This is the walking home from the

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Episode 188 The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center - Part 7 with Dr. Jodi Coates

Episode 188: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Part 7 with Dr. Jodi Coates

When the harm of “normal practices” shifts the perspective of an ICU revolutionist and medical director, what is the next course of action? Dr. Jodi Coates shares how her personal convictions inspired her to lead her trauma ICU to radically transform their sedation and mobility practices. Episode Transcription [00:00:00] This is the walking home from

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Episode 187: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center - Part 6 with Ginger Manss

Episode 187: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Part 6 with Ginger Manss

What is the role of the critical care director in leading ICU teams to become Awake and Walking ICUs? How can directors use the evidence to win executive leadership support for their teams to have what they need to succeed? Ginger Manss, DNP shares with us her key role as senior director of critical care

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Episode 185: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 4 with the Trauma ICU RNs

Episode 185: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 4 with the Trauma ICU RNs

How did education, training, leadership support, and deep compassion empower these experience trauma nurses to transform their ICU culture and practices? What successes have they had and how has keeping patients awake and mobile impacted their career fulfillment and team dynamics? Jessica Williams, BSN, RN, Adrienne Craig, BSN, RN, and Amber Brandt, BSN, RN share

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Episode 184: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 3 with Luke Stratigates

Episode 184: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 3 with Luke Stratigates

Safe patient handling(SPH) is a fairly new and rapidly growing field. Mercy San Juan Medical Center is fortunate to have a strong SPH department and leadership. Luke Strategates, DPT shares with us the key role he plays in the ICU Revolution as the safe patient handling leader. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 This is the

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Episode 183: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 2 with Dr. Lawrence Bistrong

Episode 183: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 2 with Dr. Lawrence Bistrong

What happens when a medical director really sees the reality of “normal practices” and becomes a revolutionist? Dr. Bistrong shares his personal conversion and the key role he has playing in his team’s transformation. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 This is the walking home from the ICU Podcast. I’m Kali Dayton, a nurse practitioner and

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Episode 182: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 1 with Jeana Flakes

Episode 182: The ICU Revolution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center- Part 1 with Jeana Flakes

Standardized sedation and immobility are rooted in a gap in education. What is the power of a nurse educator in transforming knowledge, culture, and practice in the ICU? Jeana Flakes, MSN, RN shares how she helped lead the ICU Revolution as a nurse educator at Mercy San Juan Medical Center. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00

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Episode 179- The Legal Liability of Failing to Practice the ABCDEF Bundle

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 179: The Legal Liability of Failing to Practice the ABCDEF Bundle

Fear of “liabilities” is often a barrier to keeping patients awake and mobile in the ICU. Yet, we know that the ABCDEF is evidence-based best practices. So what are the legal liabilities to a hospital, leadership, and bedside clinicians of current cultural practices? Maggie Ortiz, MSN, RN joins us now to share her expert perspective.

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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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