WEBINAR: COVID-19: ICU to Home Transitions

When: Saturday, May 16th, 2020
            11:00 a.m. ET | 10:00 a.m. CT | 9:00 a.m. MT | 8:00 a.m. PT (2 Hour Duration)

About the Webinar:
Patients suffering through the prolonged hospital course COVID-19 requires will experience a range of challenges physically, psychologically, and socioeconomically. The physical therapist has an important role assisting patients and family members as they navigate and progress through transitions extending from an ICU admission to returning home. Effective planning and management of these transitions will restore the lives of our patients, optimize resource utilization and reduce hospital readmissions. Transitions should begin at the physical therapist’s initial examination and be actively managed across all encounters with the patient. This presentation will empower participants with strategies for managing the transitions involving the hospital, inpatient rehabilitation program, home with home health care or outpatient services. Strategies for interprofessional collaboration, enhanced communication, and advocacy within the interprofessional team will be presented.

Upon Completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Advocate for the PT’s role in discharge planning and transitions between services.
• Analyze information from the examination to develop a plan that facilitates transition to an appropriate environment.
• Compare resources among types of medical settings to inform decisions on the need for transition to another setting.
• Coordinate the transition of patient management among settings and providers.

Presented By:

Kirby Mayer, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Heidi Engel, PT, DPT
UCSF Medical Center

Jason Falvey, DPT, GCS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale School of Medicine

Paul Ricard, PT, DPT, CCS
Rehabilitation Service Team Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Registration:

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Webinar access instructions will be emailed to you immediately following registration. Be sure to check your junk mail!

Please only register if you intend to join the live webinar, as we can only accommodate 500 participants. The recording of this webinar will be available early the following week on the COVID-19 Resource Page of the HHS website. 

We do NOT apply for CEU approval for webinars, however your state licensure may allow credits for this education activity. We do provide a certificate of attendance, which can be downloaded after the webinar. You will need to contact the agency or organization in your state, which handles your professional licensure, in order to determine whether credit is available for webinars, and without applications for approval. The certificate will also be available on our COVID-19 page early the following week.