PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Expectations Of Recovery: ICU Anecdotes

Most of us believe we know our loved ones wishes You may know what your fathers favorite meal is or what he enjoys doing on a Sunday afternoon But do you know if he would want a feeding tube if he cant eatThese kinds of questions inevitably stir up anxiety and other emotions It is nearly impossible to think about your family being in this kind of situation but it is necessary to be prepared for it In this new guide to intensive care and difficult decisions doctor and intensive care unit director Gnan Thakore MD takes you through these questions and helps you start the conversations that can ensure that your loved ones have their wishes honoredThakore covers care relating to a variety of chronic and terminal illnesses He includes information about the followingAggressive care Recovery from critical illness Advanced care directives and DNR orders How families deal with ICU care Longterm acute care hospitals Palliative care Thakore uses case studies and narratives about different patients to help you visualize these situations His insight into both the medical and psychological considerations provides a thorough overview of many of the main challenges of caregiving on a personal and professional level. Disorganized Thinking 1 ill a stone float on water 2 Are there fish in the sea 3 Does one pound weigh more than two 4 Can you use a hammer to pound a nail Command Hold up this many fingers Hold up 2 fingers Now do the same thing with the other hand Background. Søren Marker Jensen. Dept. of Intensive Care 4131. Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark. soeren.marker.jensen.01@regionh.dk. www.sup-icu.com. SUP-ICU. Background. Critically . Screening . and randomisation. Mette Krag. Dept. of Intensive Care 4131. Copenhagen University Hospital . Rigshospitalet. , Denmark. contact@sup-icu.com. www.sup-icu.com. SUP-ICU. Screening. SUP-ICU. An international inception cohort study. AID-ICU. Primary investigator: Marie . Oxenboell. -Collet. Email: . marie.oxenboell-collet@regionh.dk. Hotline: 4540741009. Data entry. AID-ICU. Go . to http://www.cric.nu/aid-icu-national-principal-investigators/. 1. Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH. Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control. St John Hospital and Medical Center . Professor of Medicine, . Wayne State University School of Medicine. Detroit, MI. Pat Posa, RN, BSN, MSA, FAAN. Assistant Professor for Anesthesiology/Critical Care. UAMS. Disclosure/Declaration of Commercial Support. Today’s presenter did NOT receive financial support from nor have any commercial relationship with any drug or equipment product manufacturers or vendors that may be mentioned or displayed in the course of this presentation.. An . anecdote. is a brief, entertaining story, usually about an event that really happened to the person telling the . story. It . is typically something that is funny, scary or . remarkable . You . Physical Therapy for ICU patients within 48 hours of ICU admission. Presented by Heidi Engel, PT, DPT. Heidi.Engel@ucsfmedctr.org. Steps Taken at UCSF- 9 ICU. Research. Promotion. Role models. UCSF 10 ICU/ICC. ICU Liberation: How Physical Therapy Is Part of Reducing the Harms of Critical Illness Presented by Heidi Engel, PT, DPT UCSF Department of Rehabilitative Services University of California San Francisco Medical Center Dr Avinash Agrawal. Prof & HOD. Dept. Of critical Care . M. edicine,. King . G. eorge’s . M. edical . U. niversity, UP, . L. ucknow. Brief Overview. There are . 7 different strains . of corona virus-. What is the Evidence?. Daren K. Heyland. Professor of Medicine. Queen’s University, Kingston General Hospital. Kingston, ON Canada. The First Controlled Clinical Trial. Daniel Chapter 1. vs 5. King appoints daily provision of King’s meat and wine to children of Israel. Optimal . or Sub-optimal?. Daren K. Heyland. Professor of Medicine. Queen’s University, Kingston General Hospital. Kingston, ON Canada. Learning Objectives. Introduce the concept that muscle matters. Dysphagia is the inability to safely transfer food and liquid from the oral cavity to the oesophagus (. Macht. 2011). . Occurrence in the ICU:. from 3% to 62% of those patients who have been intubated (. Survey Results . Speech and Language Therapists Redeployed to ICU . London Transformation and Learning Collaboration (LTLC). Purpose of the London Transformation & Learning Collaborative (LTLC). Work .