Online Course
Monitoring of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
Making sense of your patient's vital signs in ICU

1.5-2 hours

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Chidile Muonwe
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Chidile is a Physiotherapist, Researcher and Lecturer in Nigeria with an interest in promoting and developing the role of physiotherapy in ICUs.

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Introduction

Changes in vital signs are often the first indicators of patient deterioration in the ICU. They are, therefore, continuously monitored. Physiotherapists, as part of the ICU team, are not only responsible for the respiratory care of critically ill patients in the ICU, but also for their early mobilisation and rehabilitation. Any changes in an ICU patient's position result in haemodynamic alterations which directly influence their vital sign status. It is, therefore, essential that physiotherapists have a thorough understanding of the vital signs of patients, as well as the necessity of continuous monitoring in order to guide their treatment sessions and alert them to possible patient deterioration.

Aims

The purpose of this course is to familiarise you with the various vital signs monitored in ICU in order to enhance your interpretation of their values and to guide your treatment of patients in ICU.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, discussions and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1.5-2 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.3 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • discuss the importance and effect of continuous vital sign monitoring in ICU patients
  • interpret the values and presentation of eight different vital signs continuously monitored in the ICU
  • identify the characteristics of eight different vital signs monitored in the ICU

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews
I appreciate a review of the normative values and what values outside of norms would decide to cease further PT intervention.
Katrina Johnson
Physical Therapist
United States
Very refreshing and enlightening short course. I will recommend it to my colleagues as well.
Maropeng Mavis Rammupudu
Physiotherapist
South Africa
Fantastic up-to-date and very useful information for all physiotherapists interested or working in the ICU. The vital signs information is also good for physios to know outside of the ICU
Lucinda Hampton
Physiotherapist
Australia
Great course well explained!
Khumoetsile Gopane
Physiotherapist
South Africa