Move to Improve: The Feasibility of Using an Early Mobility Protocol to Increase Ambulation in the Intensive and Intermediate Care Settings

Anne Drolet; Patti DeJuilio; Sherri Harkless; Sherry Henricks; Elizabeth Kamin; Elizabeth A. Leddy; Joanna M. Lloyd; Carissa Waters; Sarah Williams

doi:10.2522/ptj.20110400

Figures

Figure 1.

Custom-designed walker and intravenous pole (purchased from Spectrum Surgical Instruments Co, Stow, Ohio, www.spectrumsurgical.com) with ventilator (Versamed Ivent 201, GE Healthcare, www.gehealthcare.com).

Figure 2.

Patient ambulation in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the intermediate care unit (IMCU) before and after implementation of the Move to Improve early mobility program. Preimplementation of Move to Improve early mobility program: January–March 2010; postimplementation of Move to Improve early mobility program: March–August 2011.

Appendix 1.

Move to Improve Early Mobility Protocol Time Line^a

^a ICU=intensive care unit, IMCU=intermediate care unit, IRB=institutional review board.

Appendix 3.

Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU) Ambulation Status Report^a

^a LOS=length of stay. 1 ft=0.3048 m.

Tables

Table.

Summary of Patient Demographics^{^a}

↵^a ICU=intensive care unit, IMCU=intermediate care unit. Preimplementation of Move to Improve early mobility program: January–March 2010; postimplementation of Move to Improve early mobility program: March–August 2011.