UCLA's Intro to ICU Rehab: Interdisciplinary Principles & Considerations

Course Description: This lecture-based course introduces PTs, PTAs, OTs, and COTAs to the fundamentals of ICU practice and their role in early mobility and critical care. Participants will learn strategies to mobilize and position their adult patients with common lines, drains, and devices seen in the ICU. Therapists will also broaden their understanding of critical care lab values, physiologic monitoring, and relevant medications. Building on this information, therapists will strengthen their clinical decision-making skills for adult ICU-level patients. This course highlights a team-based approach, focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration and contributions from speech-language pathology and respiratory therapy.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this class, the participants will be able to:

1. Describe the benefits of early mobility in the ICU and the evolving role of physical and occupational therapy in critical care settings.

2. Identify common ICU lines, drains, and devices, and recognize their implications for patient mobilization and positioning.

3. Interpret critical care lab values and physiologic monitoring data (including EKG) to assess patients’ medical stability and readiness for mobility.

4. Recognize commonly used medications in the ICU and understand implications on patient response and clinical decision-making.

5. Identify ICU patients appropriate for therapist structured positioning and mobility, guided by objective measures.

6. Describe how a Passy-Muir Valve (PMV) and basic cognitive strategies can enhance communication and mobility progression in ICU patients.

7. Recognize the importance of respiratory therapy collaboration for patient mobility and identify common oxygen delivery systems / fundamental ventilator settings.

Course Schedule/Agenda:

8:00-8:30 – Introduction

8:30-9:15 – A Literature Review on Early Mobility in the ICU

9:15-10:00 - Basic ICU Lines / Drains / Devices

10:00-10:15 - BREAK

10:15-11:00 - Critical Care Lab Values, Physiologic Monitoring, Relevant Medications

11:00-11:45 - EKG Fundamentals, Telemetry, and Interpreting Vital Signs

11:45-12:00 - Q/A

12:00-1:00 - LUNCH

1:00-1:45 - Mobility, Positioning, and Recommended ICU Objective Measures

1:45-2:30 – Collaboration with Speech Pathology in the ICU

2:30-2:45 - BREAK

2:45-3:30 - Oxygen Delivery Systems, Basic Ventilator Knowledge, RT Collaboration for Mobility

3:30-4:15 - Contraindications to OOB Mobility in the ICU

4:15-4:30 - Q/A

Instructional Methods: Lecture

Target Audience: PT, PTA, OT, COTA

Educational Level: Introductory

Prerequisites: None

Completion Requirements: To earn a certificate of completion, participants must:

· Attend the entire duration of the professional development activity.

· Achieve a minimum score of 80% on the post-test.

· No partial credit will be awarded.

Cancellation Policy:

Provider Cancelation: The Rehab Education Committee reserves the right to cancel a course due to low enrollment, unforeseen circumstance, or instructor availability. In such cases, participants will be notified via email as soon as possible.

Participant Cancellation: If you are unable to attend, please email [email protected] at least 7 days before the course date. Non-UCLA participants will be

Refund Policy:

UCLA staff: Registration is non-refundable.

Non-UCLA: To receive a full refund, cancellations must be made in writing via email ([email protected]) at least 7 days before the course date. No refunds will be provided if cancellations are made less than 7 days before the event.

Complaint Policy: UCLA Rehabilitation Education Committee strive to provide professional development that highlights today’s best practices. If you have complaints, please contact [email protected] no later than a week after the event and the Education Committee will review your concerns and respond to you as soon as possible.

Accommodation Request: For questions and accessibility request, contact Joan Vicente at [email protected] or at 424-440-0369 seven days before the course date.

CEU:

PT: UCLA Health Rehabilitation Services is recognized by the PT Board of California as a Continuing Competency Approval Agency to approve providers offering continuing competency courses. This course is approved for 0.7 CEUs (7 contact hours).

OT: UCLA Health is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval is pending.

Host or Publisher UCLA Rehabilitation Services