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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 143: The Impact of Delirium on Stroke Survivors

We know that stroke patients are at high risk of poor cognitive, physical, and psychological outcomes. How does delirium impact their outcomes and how can we better protect patients from additional brain injury from delirium? Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 Green. Rosa, welcome to the podcast. Can you introduce yourself to us? Rosa Hart, BSN,

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 142: Treating Post-ICU PTSD

We know that critical illness, sedation, delirium, etc., can leave patients with deep psychological trauma. How can we help them recover? What resources are available to treat post-ICU PTSD? Dr. Brian Peach shares with us his exciting developments and research. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:00 This week I flew out to meet with the executive

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 137: Physical and Occupational Therapists in the ICU: Working Together But Not Together

Occupational and Physical Therapists save lives in the ICU with their unique and complementary expertise. Bryan Lohse, DPT, CCS and Paul Arnold, OTR/L, CLT share with us how their Awake and Walking CVICU has developed their therapy teams. They address the question of PT & OT cotreatments in the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:02

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 136: Mastering the ABCDEF Bundle with the ICU Liberation Founder Dr. Juli Barr

Walking Home From The ICU Episode 136: Mastering the ABCDEF Bundle with ICU Liberation Founder Dr. Juli Barr

The mission to create Awake and Walking ICUs is not a brand new endeavor. Dr. Juli Barr, an early PAD and ICU liberation founder, shares with us the tools needed to master the ABCDEF bundle. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:02 Dr. Barr, welcome to the podcast I am ecstatic to have you on. Can you

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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 135: The Contrast Between Awake and Sedated

The cultural assumption that everyone would rather be sedated is based on the myth that sedation is “sleep”. Very few survivors can give us a comparison of being sedated vs. being awake while intubated. Lara, like Susan East in episode 3, has had it both ways and shares with us the contrast. Episode Transcription Kali

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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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