Kirsten Davin – Acute Care & ICU Rehab
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PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ACUTE CARE
- Effects of immobility on organ systems
- Respiratory
- Cardiac
- Digestive
- Musculoskeletal
- Early and aggressive mobilization and intervention
ENSURE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSFERS AND MOBILITY FOR ANY PATIENT
- Decision-making process
- Weight-bearing restriction mobilization
- Specific mobility restrictions
- Pulmonary embolism
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Mobilization management
- Chest tubes
- Arterial lines
- IV management
ICU/IMC SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT
- Fecal management systems
- Various catheter types
ADVANCED TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES
- Orthopedic interventions
- Orthopedically complex patient
- Cutting-edge interventions
- Transitioning to same day ortho discharge
- Shorter length of stay with improved outcomes
- Transfer considerations
- Alternative techniques for NWB
- Transfers for all WB restrictions
- Burn injury across the lifespan
- Types and degree of burn injury
- Burn management and surgical interventions
- Current trends in therapeutic burn intervention
- Cardiac diagnoses
- Cardiac surgery and appropriate therapeutic progression
- Sternal precautions
- Implementation of strength training
- Neurological emergencies and trends in intervention
- tPA administration and impact on therapeutic intervention
- Management of the severe stroke
- Patients with brief neurological deficits
- Respiratory compromised patient
- High-flow oxygen management
- COPD
- Fresh take on energy conservation techniques
INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE/PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES
- Addressing the behaviorally challenging patient
- TBI
- Dementia
- Aggression
- Motivation of the chronically-refusing patient
- Major depression and its impact on therapeutic intervention
OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS AND GOAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Short-term vs. long-term goal implementation
- Timing of PT/OTR reassessments
- Predicting the future
- Appropriate goal development
CREATE AN EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGE PLAN
- Importance of an interdisciplinary approach
- Pros/cons of sub-acute, home health, and other discharge destinations
CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER
- Client-centered practice and inclusion of the patient’s support system
- Manage the challenging family/caregiver
BILLING AND DOCUMENTATION
- Effective and successful documentation during acute and post-acute stay
- Document progression in patients with limited function
- Understand G codes, payment, and billing
ACHIEVE PRODUCTIVITY
- History of productivity requirements and their necessity
- Current trends in productivity expectations
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