Intensive Care Unit and Early Mobility Flashcards
What is the care improvement ABCDEF bundle
- Assess, prevent, and manage pain
- Both spontaneous awakening trials and spontaneous breathing trials
- Choice of sedation
- Delirium
- Early mobility and Exercise
- Family engagement and empowerment
What are the PAD symptoms (AKA ICU triad)
- Pain
- Agitation
- Delirium
Triad of anesthesiia
- Hypnotics
- Analgesics
- Muscle relaxants
Sedatives should be used only when ______ and __________ have been addressed with the use of specific pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies.
- Pain and delirium
Describe the activity and mobility promotion (AMP) scale
- 1 = lying in bed
- 2 = bed activities/dependent transfer
- 3 = sit at edge of bed
- 4 = move to chair/commode
- 5 = standing (1 or more minutes)
- 6 = walk 10 steps or more
- 7 = walk 25ft or more
- 8 = walk 250ft or more
Mobility and rehab guidelines for PT in ICU; physician should be contacted before starting PT if any of the following conditions exist
- RASS score = -4, -5, or ≥+3
- Pulse Oxi <88% OR FiO2 >0.6 and PEEP >10 OR HFO ventilation
- RR >45
- Most recent arterial pH <7.25
- MAP <55 or >140
- Duration of anti-coagulation <36hrs
Safety screen assessment MOVES stands for
- Myocardial
- Oxygenation
- Vasoactive
- Engaged
- Special considerations
What does the CPOT (Critical Care Pain Observation Tool) include
- Facial expression
- Body movements
- Muscle tension (eval by passive flexion/extension of UEs)
- Compliance with the ventilator (intubated pts) OR vocalization (extubated pts)
Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) in intubated pts scoring
- Facial expression: (1) relaxed, (2) partially tightened (brow lowering), (3) fully tightened (eyelid closer), (4) grimacing (folded cheek)
- Movements of UEs: (1) no movement, (2) partially bent, (3) very bent w/finger flexion, (4) retracted/opposition to care
- Compliance w/ventilation: (1) tolerating ventilation, (2) coughing but tolerating ventilation most of the time, (3) fighting ventilator but ventilation possible sometimes, (4) unable to control ventilation
Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) grading
- +4 combative: immediate danger to staff
- +3: very agitated: pulls on/removes tubes
- +2 agitated: frequent non-purposeful movement
- +1 restless: anxious/apprehensive
- 0 alert and calm
- -1 drowsy: >10 secs awake with eye contact to voice
- -2 light sedation: <10 secs awake with eye contact to voice
- -3 moderate sedation: no eye contact but any movement to voice
- -2 deep sedation: no response to voice but any movement to physical stimuli
- -1 unarousable: no response to voice or physical stimulation
Describe critical illness myopathy
- Evolving myopathy in an ICU setting where pts are typically exposed to high dose steroids with or w/o prolonged neuromuscular blockade
Who is prone to develop critical illness myopathy (CIM)
- pts with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and multiorgan dysfunction w/respiratory insufficiency
Risk factors for critical illness myopathy
- Severity of illness and prolonged ICU length of stay
- Sepsis, SIRS
- Multi-organ failure
- Female sex
- Malnutrition, ionic abnormalities
- Low serum albumin, parental nutrition, vasopressor catecholamine support
Findings of a physical exam for critical illness myopathy
- Diffuse symmetric proximal muscle weakness (neck flexors and respiratory muscles)
- Flaccid tone
- NO sensory involvement
- Facial weakness should raise concern for other neurologic disorders as it is rare for CIM
- Normal/reduced DTRs
- Normal/mildly elevated creatinine kinase (CK)
What are the 4 levels in the American Academy of Critical Care Nursing (AACN) mobility protocol
- (1) Elevated supine
- (2) Sitting EOB
- (3) Sitting in chair
- (4) Ambulation
Signs and symptoms of respiratory disturbance in acidosis and alkalosis
- Acidosis: hypercapnia, visual disturbances, drowsiness, V-fib, depressed tendon reflexes
- Alkalosis: hypocapnia, lightheadedness, tetany, convulsions, numbness/tingling of digits
Signs and symptoms of metabolic disturbance in acidosis and alkalosis
- Acidosis: hyperventilation, coma, stupor (near unconsciousness), deep respirations, mental dullness
- Alkalosis: depressed respirations, dizziness, tetany, convulsions, hypokalemia, mental confusion, numbness/tingling of digits
Patients who are on ________________ typically require continuous blood pressure management
- vasoactive drips
An arterial line is most commonly inserted through the _________ artery, but can also be inserted through the _________ artery
- Radial
- Femoral
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) can be an important indicator of hemodynamic tolerance and should be at least
- 60 mmHg
- Typically 70-110 mmHg
The transducer for an arterial line should be positioned at the level of the ______________ to assure accurate pressure values
- Right atrium
Implications if an arterial line transducer in placed too high versus too low
- If transducer is too low: blood pressure will read higher
- If transducer is too high: blood pressure will read lower
What should you do if an arterial line is dislodged accidentally
- Apply pressure immediately & notify nursing staff
Inaccuracies in the pulse oximetry readings may be seen in
- Low perfusion states (low cardiac output, vasoconstriction, & hypothermia)
- Anemia
- Abnormal Hb
- Jaundice
- Arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation
- Intravascular dyes such as methylene blue
- Dark nail polish
- Fluorescent light
- Motion artifact
- Dark skin pigmentation
ECG indications of declining cardiac status
- ST changes: elevation or depression
- Onset/increase/change of foci of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)
- Onset of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation
- Onset of arterial flutter or fibrillation
- Progression of heart block
- Loss of pacer spike