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Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, Related seminars and products

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KIRSTEN DAVIN, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, is best known for her long running seminar, Let's Roll! The Art of Performing Seating and Mobility Evaluations. She is a licensed Occupational Therapist, certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP), and Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS), with extensive experience in a variety of practice areas including inpatient, acute care, and intensive care units, as well as the Central Illinois Regional Burn Center. She is the owner of a successful home health-based private practice, Escape Mobility Solutions, LLC, which is dedicated to evaluating individuals for custom forms of assistive technology, such as power and manual wheelchairs, seating and positioning systems, and augmentative and alternative communication. She regularly conducts workshops on a national basis, regarding seating/positioning and assistive technology, and prides herself in offering entertaining and engaging seminars that make learning fun. Dr. Davin completed her undergrad studies in occupational therapy and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001. She received her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2007 from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah, where she now holds a faculty position. Aside from her professional involvement in occupational therapy, Dr. Davin currently serves as a firefighter and the Medical Captain for the Pleasant Plains Fire Department, in her hometown of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

Speaker Disclosures: 

 

Financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin is the owner and primary therapist of Escape Mobility Solutions, LLC. She has employment relationships with Baylor University and Memorial Medical Center. She serves a consultant for Performance Health. Dr. Davin receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Illinois Occupational Therapy Association.

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Program Information

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.

Objectives

1. State the critical elements of analysis and assessment in mobilizing medically fragile patients
2. Develop an appropriate plan of care for patients who present with a critically ill cardiac, neurological, or respiratory diagnosis
3. Distinguish the characteristics, similarities of, and differences between, medically fragile and general acute care patients and methods to implement successful therapeutic interventions with each
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the outcome tools available for assessment of the acute or critically ill patient
5. Evaluate strategies for addressing the behaviorally challenging patient and successful methods for patient engagement
6. Identify methods to effectively document progression throughout the acute care spectrum

Target Audience

Outline

PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ACUTE CARE

• Effects of immobility on organ systems
  • Respiratory
  • Cardiac
  • Digestive
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Early and aggressive mobilization and intervention

ENSURE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSFERS AND MOBILITY FOR ANY PATIENT

• Decision-making process
• Weight-bearing restriction mobilization
• Specific mobility restrictions
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Deep vein thrombosis
• Mobilization management
  • Chest tubes
  • Arterial lines
  • IV management

ICU/IMC SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT

• Fecal management systems
• Various catheter types

ADVANCED TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES  

• Orthopedic interventions
  • Orthopedically complex patient
  • Cutting-edge interventions
• Transitioning to same day ortho discharge
• Shorter length of stay with improved outcomes
  • Transfer considerations
• Alternative techniques for NWB
• Transfers for all WB restrictions
• Burn injury across the lifespan
  • Types and degree of burn injury
  • Burn management and surgical interventions
  • Current trends in therapeutic burn intervention
• Cardiac diagnoses
  • Cardiac surgery and appropriate therapeutic progression
  • Sternal precautions
  • Implementation of strength training
• Neurological emergencies and trends in intervention
  • tPA administration and impact on therapeutic intervention
  • Management of the severe stroke
  • Patients with brief neurological deficits
• Respiratory compromised patient
  • High-flow oxygen management
  • COPD
  • Fresh take on energy conservation techniques

INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE/PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES

• Addressing the behaviorally challenging patient
  • TBI
  • Dementia
  • Aggression
• Motivation of the chronically-refusing patient
• Major depression and its impact on therapeutic intervention

OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS AND GOAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Short-term vs. long-term goal implementation
• Timing of PT/OTR reassessments
• Predicting the future
  • Appropriate goal development

CREATE AN EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGE PLAN

• Importance of an interdisciplinary approach
• Pros/cons of sub-acute, home health, and other discharge destinations

CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER  

• Client-centered practice and inclusion of the patient’s support system
• Manage the challenging family/caregiver

BILLING AND DOCUMENTATION  

• Effective and successful documentation during acute and post-acute stay
• Document progression in patients with limited function
• Understand G codes, payment, and billing

ACHIEVE PRODUCTIVITY  

• History of productivity requirements and their necessity
• Current trends in productivity expectations

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