Kimberley J. Haines, PhD

Critical Care Physiotherapist and Physiotherapy Research

Lead Western Health Department of Physiotherapy

St Albans, Melbourne, Victoria Australiä

Provides a framework on how to improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden of PICS

Supplemented with over 100 illustrations and photographs

Written by experts in the field

Part I. Preventing Adverse Outcomes In The ICU.- Preventing PICS with the ABCDEF Bundle.- Implementing Early Mobilisation in the Intensive Care Unit.- Supporting Families in the Intensive Care Unit to Support ICU Survivors.- Humanising the ICU.- Complementary therapies in ICU.- ICU Diaries.- Optimising Sleep.- Flexible ICU visiting policies.- Part II. Enhancing Recovery Post-ICU.- Physical Rehabilitation Programs Following ICU Discharge.- Neurocognitive Rehabilitation.- Peer Support to Improve Recovery - Concepts and Considerations.- ICU Follow Up Clinics.- Transitioning towards the Mobile ICU.- Medication Management to Prevent and Mitigate Post Intensive Care Syndrome.- Palliative care and end-of-life care planning after critical illness.- Home-based Care For Survivors of Critical Illness.- Part III. Community Reintegration.- Transitions to primary care.-Socioeconomic reintegration after critical illness.- The role of the volunteer across the critical care recovery arc.- Part IV. The Future State.- Issues of survivorship in lower resource settings.-The first step in a critical journey: selecting patients for intensive care.- A PICS Free Future - What We Need to Address Now.- Institutionalizing Bold Humility via Collaboratives.