Walking Home From The ICU

Apr 27 2024 109

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Kali Dayton, DNP, ACNP-BC, is an ICU nurse practitioner and consultant on a mission to create Awake and Walking ICUs. She hands the microphone to ICU survivors and bedside caregivers to reveal the realities of ICU experience and patients' journeys after discharge. The big picture of sedation and immobility is discussed and we explore how to improve short and long-term patient outcomes. We shift the vision from transferring out of the ICU to walking straight home after the ICU. www.DaytonICUconsulting.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkinghomefromtheicu/support

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Episode 169: Intubated in Your Own ICU

Apr 27 2024 27 mins

What is like to be intubated in your own ICU? Even when the environment and team are well known, what does an intensivist turned patient experience? Dr. Meta van der Woude shares with us her personal journey through the ICU. Www.daytonicuconsulting.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkinghomefromtheicu/support

Episode 168: I Was Reported to the Board of Nursing!

Apr 12 2024 96 mins

What happened when I was reported to the board of nursing for advocating for early mobility in the ICU? What are the roots of these concerns and this report? How does social media impact culture and practices in the ICU? Jess Hren, BSN, RN, Jenna Hightower, DPT, CCS, Phillip Gonzalez, MOT, OTR/L, BCPR discuss why I was reported to the board of nursing. Episode transcript an

Episode 167: Breaking Barriers with Walking with Trans-Femoral IABP/Devices- The Ramsey Protocol with Stephen Ramsey

Mar 27 2024 50 mins

Is it save to mobilize patients with trans-formal devices such as balloon pumps, impellas, and ECMO? Who was the first person to dare to ask, "Why can't we mobilize patients with trans-femoral balloon pumps?" Stephen Ramsey, PT, DPT, CCS shares with us his journey to developing the Ramsey protocol and revolutionizing mobility in the CVICU. Episode transcript and

Episode 166: The Struggle of an ICU Revolutionist to Save Lives

Mar 05 2024 37 mins

What is it like for one lone ICU clinician to truly understand the risks of sedation and immobility? What it is like for them to try to implement interventions like awakening trials that have been supported by decades of research? How does lack of support and success increase moral injury, burnout, and the loss of expert and compassionate clinicians? "Kara" joins us to share her jo

Episode 165: "Don't Turn Me Off" - A Survivor's Perspective Of a Medically-Induced Coma

Feb 27 2024 66 mins

Are patients sleeping during medically-induced comas? Are they more comfortable and free of trauma while sedated? Can patients hear, feel, and understand their surroundings while in a medically-induced coma? Do patients know when sedation is turn up higher? Do they know which providers will let them wake up and which ones will try to "turn you off"? Drew Brophy is a w

Episode 164: Antipsychotics in the ICU with Dr. Marie Rueve

Feb 23 2024 53 mins

Antipsychotics have been a hot topic in the ICU. Do they treat delirium? Can they be used to replace continuous sedation? When and how can we utilize antipsychotics to optimize care and outcomes? Dr. Marie Rueve from episode 160 joins us again to clear the air on antipsychotics in the ICU. ***Early Mobility Conference April 14-16th in Orlando, FL*** https://www.earlymobility.com/

Episode 163: Early Mobility During COVID19 in Switzerland with Sabrina Eggmann

Feb 17 2024 35 mins

Sabrina Eggmann is a PhD physiotherapist with 17 years of experience. She shares with us how her team utilized their years of expertise in early mobility to preserve their practices for COVID19 patients in Switzerland. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33492400/ Check out Sabrina's latest article in the Lancet Journal: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/eclinm/PIIS2589-537

Episode 162: Standardizing ICU Diaries

Feb 07 2024 46 mins

In episode 132, David Richards shared with us the life-saving impact of his ICU diary. In this episode, Seth van der Meer from Post-ICU shares with us exciting technological advancements that can help make ICU diaries standardized and accessible for all patients. https://post-icu.com Episode transcriptions and citations at: www.daytonicuconsulting.com --- Support this podcast:

Episode 161: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party: A Nurse's Journey Through a Medically-Induced Coma

Jan 04 2024 55 mins

As a nurse of 22 years, Lynn had been taught that patients were comfortably sleeping while sedated in medically-induced comas. She shares the horrific realities she suffered while intubated and sedated and the months of playing "Truth or Propofol?" after discharge. Episode transcript and citations found at www.daytonicuconsulting.com ***Early Mobility Conference April 14

Episode 160: Psychiatrists in the ICU

Dec 20 2023 48 mins

How can inpatient psychiatrists help ICU teams prevent and treat delirium? How can their expertise help ICU teams minimize sedation, prevent trauma, and treat the psychiatric needs of ICU patients? Dr. Marie Rueve shares with us the role psychiatrists can play in transforming patient care and outcomes in the ICU. www.daytonicuconsulting.com ***Early Mobility Conference April 14-16