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Quality and Patient Safety
One-Hour Concurrent Session

ICU Bundle Point Versus Counterpoint: Optimizing Sedation and Mobility Strategies

Monday, February 24, 2025
3:15pm – 4:15pm Eastern Time
Location: W311A
CE: 1

This engaging, debate-style session dives into key elements of the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F), focusing on sedation and mobility practices in the critical care setting. Experts will present contrasting perspectives on best practices, with a close look at both the immediate and long-term impacts of sedation levels and mobility interventions on patient outcomes.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify and assess appropriate sedation targets for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients, considering individual patient needs and potential outcomes
  • Analyze the role of early mobility in critically ill patients and make informed decisions on timing and intensity to optimize recovery

Presentations:

  • 3:20pm – 3:40pm Eastern Time
    No Sedation Versus Deep Sedation: When to Dial It Up or Down?

    Joanna Stollings, PharmD, FCCM – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Pratik Pandharipande, MD, FCCM (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 3:40pm – 4:00pm Eastern Time
    Is All Mobility Beneficial? Differentiating Effective Versus Harmful Mobility Practices

    Kali Dayton, DNP, ACNP-BC – Dayton ICU Consulting

    heidi engel, PT, DPT (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco Medical Center