Go Big and Go Home: How to Drive High-Quality Outcomes in an Awake ECMO Program

Activity Summary

Sedated-and-paralyzed is a thing of the past. This concurrent session discusses how a large academic medical center has changed the culture around caring for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients by waking them up. Using internally developed evidence-based strategies, learn how to safely promote early mobility and decrease sedation while providing adequate pain management to achieve high-quality outcomes in an acutely ill patient population.

Objectives

Discuss detailed overview of an awake ECMO program and the culture shift needed to achieve a goal of discharge to home.
Identify evidence-based strategies to optimize achievement of high-quality outcomes for ECMO patients throughout the continuum of care.
Outline an early mobility protocol beginning with verticalization therapy and progressing to baseline mobility while remaining on ECMO.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.