Providing occupational therapy in an intensive care unit.
This paper includes information required for establishing and conducting an occupational therapy program in an intensive care unit. Three common problems in the intensive care unit are immobility and prolonged bed rest, sensory deprivation and stress, and prolonged mechanical ventilation. The resolution of these rehabilitation problems through occupational therapy intervention is addressed.
D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects; D002140:California; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000379:methods; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000534:rehabilitation