Safety First: An Ambulation Protocol for Patients With Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Autor: | Bernice Coleman, Lianna Z Ansryan, Stephanie Sharma, Michael Nurok, Ma. Andrea Lupera, Alice Chan |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Catheters medicine.medical_treatment Walking Pulmonary Artery Critical Care Nursing law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Catheters Indwelling 0302 clinical medicine law medicine.artery Occlusion Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Adverse effect Early Ambulation 030504 nursing business.industry Pulmonary artery catheter General Medicine Cardiac dysrhythmia Intensive care unit Cardiac surgery Intensive Care Units Catheter Emergency medicine Pulmonary artery 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | Critical Care Nurse. 41:45-52 |
ISSN: | 1940-8250 0279-5442 |
DOI: | 10.4037/ccn2021957 |
Popis: | Background Patients with indwelling pulmonary artery catheters have historically been excluded from participating in early mobility programs because of the concern for catheter-related complications. However, this practice conflicts with the benefits accrued from early mobilization. Objective The purposes of this quality improvement project were to develop and implement a standardized ambulation protocol for patients with a pulmonary artery catheter in a cardiac surgery intensive care unit and to assess and support safe ambulation practices while preventing adverse events in patients with pulmonary artery catheters. Methods From October 2016 through October 2017, this single-center quality improvement project developed and analyzed the implementation of a safe patient ambulation protocol in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit. Frontline nursing staff and the interdisciplinary team were educated on a standardized protocol that facilitated patient ambulation. Data analyzed included distance of ambulation, catheter migration, presence of cardiac dysrhythmias, and adverse events during ambulation. Results During this 1-year project, 41 patients participated in 94 walks for a total distance of 13 676.38 m. There were no reported episodes of cardiac dysrhythmia, accidental occlusion of the pulmonary artery, catheter migration, or pulmonary artery rupture related to ambulation with a pulmonary artery catheter. Conclusions The use of a standardized ambulation protocol can successfully result in safe mobilization of patients with indwelling pulmonary artery catheters. |
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