PT and ICU Lines/Tubes

[nsp1234]

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Does anyone have any good resources in regards to PT mobilization with PICC/Central lines, femoral art lines, perma/quinton caths? Also looking for precautions and contraindications to PT.

I've done my search through pubmed, google scholar, apta/ptj...I'm look for some solid peer reviewed articles, but my research skills seem to be lacking. Any help would be great, thanks.

 

[kcrat21]

Search for articles from UVA and Andy Poole. They are leading the way in early mobilization/acute care PT!

 

[kcrat21]

Oh and duh (brain fart on my part), search around for some articles out of Duke...we mobilize patients on ECMO, which is pretty unheard of. Hopefully that helps!

 

[nsp1234]

Sweet thank you!