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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 157: Sedation is Sleep-Deprivation

For decades, we have culturally passed on the myth that patients are sleeping while sedated into medically induced comas. We have assured ourselves and each other that sedation “prevents PTSD”. Research has proven that sedation makes true restorative sleep impossible and real recall of the reality of the ICU is protective against post-ICU PTSD. So

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 156: Nurses Are Willing, but Unsupported and Untrained in Practicing the ABCDEF Bundle

After decades of research and effort, why is there a persistent struggle to truly practice the ABCDEF bundle? Are antiquated sedation practices because nurses are unwilling to change, or is it because they are unsupported and untrained in the risks and realities of sedation? Even when training is provided in the classroom, what do nurses

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 155: F- Family Engagement and Empowerment with Lito Rama

How do families impact patient outcomes in the ICU? What does it really mean to engage and empower families in the ICU? Have our teams truly recovered from the strict visitation restrictions from COVID? How does an ABCDEF Bundle culture influence our visitation policies? Lito Rama, RN, MBA joins us now to share with us

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 154: E- EARLY Mobility with Heidi Engel

What is EARLY mobility? Why is it so vital that the ICU community advance past passive range of motion for intubated patients? What are the main barriers that prevent us from mastering the E of the ABCDEF bundle? If we’re not doing highest level of mobility for most of our patients, are we truly practicing

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 153: D- Assess, Prevent, and Treat Delirium with Dr. Adrian Austin

The normality of delirium in the ICU is often mistaken for benign. What does it really mean to “assess, prevent, and treat delirium”? Are we treating a positive CAM score with the same urgency as a positive tropinin? If we are automatically starting deliriogenic medications on every patient immediately upon intubation, are we truly practicing

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 152: C- Choice of Sedation and Analgesia with John Devlin, PharmD

Is the C of the ABCDEF bundle only for avoiding benzodiazepines? How do we fully practice the “C” of the bundle and how does this impact patient care and outcomes? If we are automatically starting sedation without evaluation, are we truly practicing the ABCDEF bundle? John W. Devlin, PharmD, BCCCP, MCCM, FCCP joins us in

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 150: Awakening Trials- “Rehumanization of the Patient”- With Dr. Wes Ely

What is the purpose of awakening “trials”? When should awakening “trials” be done? How can we have successful awakening “trials”? Dr. Wes Ely joins us in this episode to crack the code on sedation cessation. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton: Last week, I did a little survey on social media. I recognize that my followers

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 149: A- Assess, Prevent, and Treat Pain with Joanna Stollings, PharmD

The A of the ABCDEF Bundle is for “Assess, Prevent, and Treat Pain”. How do we truly master this tool and how does this impact patient outcomes? Can we assess, prevent, and treat pain while simultaneously striving to have all possible patients awake, autonomous, and even mobile? Joanna Stollings, PharmD, shares what the A of

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 148: The History and True Mission of the ABCDEF Bundle

How did the ABCDEF bundle come to be and what is its true objective? What barriers are causing the ICU community to fall short of full compliance with the bundle and what is the future of the ABCDEF bundle? Michele Balas, PhD, RN shares with us her insights as one of the founders of the

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 147: The Big Picture of Hospital-Aquired Pressure Injuries with Wound Care Karen

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 147: The Big Picture of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries with Wound Care Karen

How do hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) occur in the ICU and why is the ABCDEF bundle such a powerful tool to prevent HAPIs? How do HAPIs impact healthcare costs, staff workload, patient quality of life, and overall survival? Wound Care Karen joins us in this episode to explore the crisis of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in

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