So You Started a PICU Early Mobility Program, Now What?

Saturday, November 19, 2022

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Location: Skyline 2

Lead Speaker(s)

Amanda Clifton, PT, DPT, CCS, PCS

PT Clinical Specialist Inpatient Coordinator
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida

Presentation Slides Slide Handouts

Speaker(s)

JG

Josie Gannon, PT, DPT, PCS

Pediatric Physical Therapist
Pediatric Therapy Clinic Inc
Billings, Montana
MT

Macey Thornburg, PT, DPT, PCS

Physical Therapist
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee

This session aims to provide a brief overview of pediatric intensive care unit early mobility programs (PICU EMP) in terms of benefits, process of creating a program, and unique perspective physical therapists can have in the creation and implementation of a program. Further discussion will occur on how physical therapists support program implementation through increased competency training, process of receiving funding for new equipment, and utilizing early mobility equipment. Case discussions will be presented to aid in clinical reasoning and support program feasibility.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the physical impacts immobility has on pediatric patients.
Briefly describe the unique role physical therapists can have on PICU EM program development and implementation.
Recognize the use of early mobility equipment and their use in PICU rehabilitation programs.