Defining minimum workforce standards for intensive care physiotherapy in Australia and New Zealand: A Dephi study.

Background: Intensive care staffing guidelines provide recommendations for the safe and effective delivery of health care while recognising professional requirements of the workforce. To guide recommendations for physiotherapy staffing guidelines, profession-specific consultation is needed.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to develop consensus-based recommendations for minimum workforce standards for physiotherapy in intensive care.

Physiotherapy services in intensive care. A workforce survey of Australia and New Zealand.

Background: In Australia and New Zealand, there are currently no recommendations to guide staffing levels for intensive care unit (ICU) physiotherapy services, and there is limited information about the current services provided.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to document the profile of intensive care physiotherapy services currently offered in Australia and New Zealand.

Methods: A binational survey was distributed to physiotherapists.