Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 ICU remote-learning rehabilitation course for frontline health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Background: Optimising outcomes for critically ill patients with COVID-19 patients requires early interdisciplinary rehabilitation. As admission numbers soared through the pandemic, the redeployed workforce needed rapid, effective training to deliver these rehabilitation interventions.

Methods: The COVID-19 ICU Remote-Learning Rehab Course (CIRLC-rehab) is a one-day interdisciplinary course developed after the success of CIRLC-acute.

Improving physical function of patients following intensive care unit admission (EMPRESS): protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

Introduction: Physical rehabilitation delivered early following admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) has the potential to improve short-term and long-term outcomes. The use of supine cycling together with other rehabilitation techniques has potential as a method of introducing rehabilitation earlier in the patient journey. The aim of the study is to determine the feasibility of delivering the designed protocol of a randomised clinical trial comparing a protocolised early rehabilitation programme including cycling with usual care.

Patient and family experience of physical rehabilitation on the intensive care unit: a qualitative exploration.

Objectives: To explore the experience of physical rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU), from the perspective of patients and relatives.

Design: Exploratory, qualitative study.

Participants: Five former ICU patients and five family members of former ICU patients recruited from ICU support groups across the UK.

Quality improvement: The delivery of true early mobilisation in an intensive care unit.

Early mobilisation initiatives within the critical care environment have been shown to improve outcomes for patients. Early mobilisation has been defined as occurring within the first two to five days of the intensive care stay, but in practice this can be difficult to deliver. We conducted a quality improvement (QI) project to deliver early mobilisation in a large general intensive care unit.