Early Rehabilitation in the ICU: Where Are We and Where Do We Want to Be?
Earn While You Learn: Continuing Education Certificate and One (1) Contact Hour Available!
This webinar will explore the role of early rehabilitation and mobilisation in critically ill patients within the intensive care unit (ICU). It will examine the impact of critical illness on long-term physical and functional outcomes, including Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), and review the current evidence supporting early mobilisation. The session will also discuss practical strategies to implement early and structured rehabilitation programmes in ICU, including safety considerations, multidisciplinary team working, and overcoming common barriers to mobilisation.
Using clinical examples and real-world practice, the session will highlight how rehabilitation can begin from day one of critical illness and how structured approaches can improve patient recovery and functional outcomes.
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of critical illness on long-term physical function and recovery, including the concept of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS).
- Understand the current evidence and guidelines supporting early mobilisation in the ICU, including potential benefits and risks.
- Identify common barriers to implementing early rehabilitation in critical care and strategies to overcome them.
- Apply practical principles for delivering safe, structured and patient-centred early mobilisation programmes within a multidisciplinary ICU team.
Attendees will have the opportunity to earn One (1) Contact Hour by participating the entire session and submitting the Evaluation Form at the end of the session. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number #CEP17028.
12:00 CDT
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David McWilliams
Professor of Critical Care and Rehabilitation - University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Professor of Critical Care and Rehabilitation, and Clinical Academic Physiotherapist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Coventry University's Centre for Care Excellence. He is the chair of the physiotherapyworking group for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and Chair for the Intensive Care Society National RehabilitationCollaborative. David is the only non-medical clinical coordinator at the National Confidential Enquiry into Patients Outcomes and Death (NCEPOD) and led the recently published national report evaluating rehabilitation and recovery in survivors of critical illness. David isrecognisedas an international expert on critical care physiotherapy and rehabilitation, regularly presenting both nationally andinternationally on the subject.
Eleanor Mc Quaid
Global Training Manager, Europe/Africa - Arjo
Eleanor Mc Quaid is a qualified physiotherapist (BSc Honours, 2011) with clinical experience in critical care and early mobility. Working closely with patients and frontline teams has shaped her strong commitment to evidence based practice and to improving outcomes through timely, safe, and supported movement for both patients and caregivers.In her current role as Global Training Manager (Europe) at Arjo, Eleanor focuses on empowering movement through education - supporting safer ways of working that benefit patients while protecting the people who care for them.