Intensive Care Unit Physical Therapy: An Evidence-based Guide-First Edition 

“Intensive Care Unit Physical Therapy: An Evidence-Based Guide” provides a definitive resource for physical therapists working in ICU settings. This book offers current evidence and best practices to promote best care for critically ill patients.

Book Features and topics include:

1. Innovative Physical Therapy Techniques in Intensive Care Units, including counter rotations, recruitment maneuvers, innovative breathing exercises, and case-based physical therapy approaches.
2. Operating, learning, and using mechanical ventilators with mode-wise strategies.
3. The role of physical therapists in emergency procedures, such as cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, intubation, extubation, and difficult airway management, all described with protocols.
4. Out-of-bed mobilization protocols for patients, physical therapy in pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome, along with other case-wise descriptions.
5. Advanced Chest and Limb physical therapy with indications and contraindications
6. Top-to-bottom assessment using outcome scales and measures.
7. Lab parameter, line, and drain wise physical therapy considerations.
8. Pharmacology and its role in ICU for physical therapists.
9. Infection control and safety precautions for physical therapist.
10. Chapter-wise practice questions, references, and case scenarios.

This is just a sneak peek; the book offers much more knowledge, evidence-based practices, and comprehensive research to advance and innovate Intensive Care Unit Physical Therapy.

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