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Physiotherapy: Critical Care & Cardiorespiratory

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STV staff and patients

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Resources and Tools

Bronchiectasis Toolkit (AU)

General medical and Physiotherapy assessment
Airway clearance
Physiotherapy techniques
Exercise prescription

Chest xRay interpretation

ICM Clinical Refresher Course Life in the Fast Lane - Category Intensive Care

Assessing Delirium and Sedation in ICU

Confusion Assessment Method for ICU - CAM ICU tool

Feature articles

Pain in Older Adults, Reviewed 2024
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people – a summary report, 2022
The Role of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in the Elderly Patient, 2024
Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM‐ICU) for the diagnosis of delirium in adults in critical care settings, 2023
Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021,
CHERISH: protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients; BMC Geriatrics, 2017. Collaboration for hospitalized elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital. Alison M. Mudge. BMC Geriatr. 2017; 17: 11. BioMedCentral.
The effects of a high-intensity functional exercise group on clinical outcomes in hospitalised older adults: an assessor-blinded, randomised-controlled trial; Age and Ageing, 2017. Melissa J. M. Raymond et al. Age and Ageing, Volume 46, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 208–213. Oxford Academic.

Self-learning Guide to: Assessment and Treatment of Falls, 2016

Outcome and health status measures

Frailty measures

Identifying frailty, Dept of Health (AU) Department of Health & Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia, 2018.
Falls Risk Assessment Tool, Dept of Health (AU) Department of Health & Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia
Fried’s Frailty Phenotype; Journal of Gerontology. 2001. "Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype". Journal of Gerontology: MEDICAL SCIENCES Copyright 2001 by The Gerontological Society of America 2001, Vol. 56A, No. 3, M146–M156.
Clinical Frailty Scale; Dalhousie University, 2009 Geriatric Medicine. Research, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Permission granted to copy for research and educational purposes only. Copyright, 2007-2009.
ECOG Performance Status Published in Am. J. Clin. Oncol.: Oken, M.M., Creech, R.H., Tormey, D.C., Horton, J., Davis, T.E., McFadden, E.T., Carbone, P.P.: Toxicity And Response Criteria Of The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Am J Clin Oncol 5:649-655, 1982. Internet Access.
Screening and assessment tools for older people, 2021 (AU)

ICU resources

Grade 1 Self Development Guide to ICU

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit; Critical Care Medicine, 2013. Critical Care Medicine. January 2013 , Volume 41, Number 1. Copyright © 2013 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Early, goal-directed mobilisation in the surgical intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial; Lancet, The, 2016
Characteristics and Outcomes of Very Elderly Patients Admitted to Intensive Care: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Analysis, 2023 (AU)

Surgical Physiotherapy