As OTs, we love to engage our patients in meaningful and functional activities, and as a result, treating intubated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be challenging. We are creative thinkers, for sure, but every now and then we need a bit of guidance to brainstorm creative solutions for challenging circumstances, like a […]
We’re thrilled to share our first interview with an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Occupational Therapist, Abby Lefkove, OTR/L. Occupational therapy in the ICU is a subset of acute care that entails working with medically fragile patients and their families while they are in the ICU. In this interview, Abby tells us about what a typical […]
Occupational therapy has a unique and important role in the intensive care unit (ICU). A history of OT in the ICU, the environment, specialized equipment, diagnoses, and the importance of OT’s contribution in the ICU, as well as evaluation and intervention, will be covered in this article. Early treatment proposes the opportunity to decrease ICU […]