How to Improve the Rehabilitation Potential in the ICU

Course intended to be completed in full.  If you need to arrive late or leave early the CE department must be notified before course takes place for contact hours to be adjusted.

PT/PTA partial credit:  Hours for partial credit attended will be adjusted on your course certificate and MN board of Approval number removed.  You may still be able to submit the hours attended towards your professional license. 

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation Fees will apply

Group Discounts:

If three people from the same organization register for a course, each person will receive a 10% discount. Four or more registered will receive a 15% discount. Please email or call ahead of time with the names of the people who will be registering as a group, [email protected] or 612-672-5607.

For Group discounts:  USE CODE rehab10 for 10% discount and rehab15 for 15% discount for group.

Course Description:

Early mobility and rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been shown to improve functional outcomes, decrease time spent on a ventilator, decrease time spent in the ICU and reduce the complications associated with post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Despite the strong support from the literature, there continues to be barriers with implementing a successful culture of early mobility and rehabilitation in hospital ICUs. The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians and providers with the tools to increase and enhance ICU rehabilitation. First, we will look at the current body of evidence supporting ICU rehabilitation and the direction the research is heading. Then, we will discuss our involvement implementing a hospital-wide increase in ICU mobilization and how we rallied engagement. Lastly, we will describe post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), discuss what it means for patients and providers and how to educate others on this increasingly prevalent and recently defined syndrome.

Instructors:

Eric Andersen, PT, DPT graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2007 with a BS in Kinesiology and from the University of Minnesota in 2011 with a doctorate in Physical Therapy. He has worked at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center as well as Unity Hospital initiating, developing and streamlining ICU early mobility programs. Currently he practices at M Health Fairview East Bank and has been there for 6 years. He has a passion for ICU care delivery, is a proponent of early mobilization in the ICU and is a part of the clinical career advancement program in this area. Also, has assisted in the development of both a general ICU Early Mobilization Protocol as well as an ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Mobilization Protocol. Has twice attended the Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference and presented an abstract of his ICU-related research there. He has a wide-variety of experience in cardiopulmonary, trauma, orthopedic, burn, general medical, general surgical and neurological ICUs.

Tara Kelly, PT, DPT has practiced in acute care since graduating from the University of Minnesota in 2012.  Tara has served as one of the primary ICU therapists during this time and assists with orientation of new staff to the ICU.  Tara was involved as an interdisciplinary member with the development of MHealth Fairview early mobility protocol and the ECMO mobility protocol utilized at MHealth Fairview East Bank. Tara is a part of MHealth Fairview’s clinical career advancement program with a specialty focus on rehabilitation in the intensive care unit. Her research involves looking into quality improvements in ICU mobility and right-care. A manuscript was recently accepted for publication involving the interdisciplinary development of the Mhealth Fairview early mobility protocol.

Andrea Senger, PT, DPT graduated from the University of South Dakota with a BS in Psychology in 2013. She completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Minnesota in 2016. Since then, Andrea has been working full-time with inpatient adults at M Health Fairview East Bank. Her clinical interests include working with patients in the intensive and intermediate care units; she recently attended the Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference in October 2019 and currently serves on the M Health Fairview system-wide inpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation work-group.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course the participants will be able to:

• Attain a working knowledge of recent publications in ICU rehabilitation
• Recognize the direction and implications of current/future ICU research
• Be able to educate patients, families and other providers on the benefits of early mobility and rehabilitation in the ICU
• Have a foundation to initiate and develop an early mobilization protocol in your ICU that will engage therapists, nursing staff and doctors 
• Describe PICS and have awareness of the current literature surrounding it

Agenda:

5:30-6:00pm: Check in

6:00-6:35pm: Describe/discuss current and future ICU literature

6:40-7:10pm: How to create, establish and sustain your own ICU/wards mobilization protocol

7:15-8:00pm: Describe/discuss PICS. What the research tells us from a rehabilitation standpoint. Q&A

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AOTA Classification Codes: Domain of OT & Occupational Therapy Process

MN Board of PT Approval