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Pediatric Rehabilitation

Early Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit

Back on Track: Development of a Pediatric ICU Early Mobility Program 9568

Sunday, November 3, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
This presentation will discuss the creation, implementation, and sustainment of the Back on Track pediatric ICU early mobility program. This will include challenges, barriers, and successes. Stage two of Back on Track, focusing on mobilization of ECMO patients, will also be discussed. Target audience includes OTs, PTs, SLP, RTs, RNs, and physicians who work in pediatric or ICU environments. 

Back on Track is a pediatric early mobility program designed and implemented in a Midwest children’s hospital. This program emphasized the importance of activity for all patients even on mechanical ventilation, incorporating caregivers into all stages of healing, and protecting sleep. Through this quality improvement initiative, the Back on Track program showed that a structured policy related to early mobility, protecting sleeping, and involving caregivers at every phase of healing can improve outcomes in a PICU.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Summarize the development and implementation process of a pediatric early mobility program.
  • Describe the benefits of early mobilization in pediatric populations.
  • Discuss barriers to culture change in an intensive care environment.
  • Summarize the development and implementation process of a pediatric early mobility program.
Disclosure(s):
Madeline Pawloski, MHA, MOT, OTR/L, BCP: No financial relationships to disclose