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Livengood Helps to Streamline Early Mobility Post Stem Cell Replacement
Livengood Helps to Streamline Early Mobility Post Stem Cell Replacement
October 13, 2015
On a recent trip to Arizona I met Woody, a patient at the Banner Gateway/ MD Anderson hospital. Woody is a 72 year old, retired long distance truck driver who has been battling leukemia for over a year. When we met, Woody had already been in the Oncology ICU for over a week after undergoing stem cell transplant, and he was quite frustrated. Whenever he wanted to get up and walk he had to put on his call light, wait for staff who then had to get his walker and get an extra helper to pull along his IV pole and oxygen caddy while he ambulated. He often waited for up to thirty minutes and sometimes by the time enough staff was available he had “run out of steam.” Woody trialed the LIVENGOOD mobi for five days and by the second day he was deemed safe to be up walking independently with the mobi. He would unplug the mobi cord from the wall and he was good to go. He would often do 5 laps around the unit with his iPAD on the mobi playing music while he walked. Having a handy place to plug in his iPAD meant a lot to him and hearing the upbeat music made him, and everyone around him smile. Woody would stop any nurse who was available and tell them all about the mobi and how great it felt to be independent.
The mobi is designed to simplify ambulation by keeping all of the patient’s equipment with them wherever they go. The increase in mobility ease and efficiency makes the hospital experience significantly better for both patient and staff. Everything changed after Woody had his hands on the mobi.
It is no secret patient mobility is tied to results. A Johns Hopkins study found that early mobility in the ICU vastly improves patient outcomes and can save hospitals up to $1,300 per patient by decreasing their stay up to 22 percent.
The fact is, it is impossible for staff to meet the mobility needs of every patient, so tools like the LIVENGOOD mobi prove invaluable in increasing the frequency of mobilization; increasing patient mobility and decreasing length of stay; increasing staff efficiency and patient satisfaction, and helping hospitals save money.
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Testimonials
“6 months ago we implemented 12 mobis into our early mobility program. We have a very diverse population on our ICU and having the option of mobilizing them in a way that is helpful and assistive to staff while instilling confidence in the patient and family is great. We’re still working to figure out our ideal workflow but it’s given us concrete examples of how even our sicker vented patients can get mobilized safely and efficiently.”
Mark Rohlfing
RN, BSN Clinical Operations Manager Intensive Care Unit
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital - Muncie, IN
“After completing a research study with the LIVENGOOD mobi on our post trauma/surgical floor, I realized its potential to decrease length of stay, help with staff efficiency and empower patients to be independent.”
Lorrie Henecke
MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNRN Clinical Nurse Specialist
Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, CO
“We are so excited that the mobi helped us ambulate our very first vented patient.”
Esther Vandermeulen
R.N.
University Health System - San Antonio, TX
“The LIVENGOOD mobi is very user friendly, safe and a great solution to use minimal staff and be able to contain all of the patient’s equipment.”
Michael Saccone
P.T.
Saint Joseph's Hospital - Syracuse, NY
“I think the LIVENGOOD mobi will revolutionize the way we mobilize patients in the ICU. I saw patients mobilize sooner and with less anxiety with the mobi. One young patient was even able to walk outside with the mobi and her portable vent. Having the mobi made mobility a real team effort, not just a P.T. activity.”
Terra Terwilliger
PT, DPT - Adult Inpatient Physical Therapist
Rehab Services University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview Health System
“The LIVENGOOD platform allows my patients to be active and independent without attention being diverted to multiple lines, an oxygen tank, and other medically necessary devices. It allows patients to have hope and a sense of “normalcy”, which so often is lost after trauma or surgery.”
Jessica Gilbert
DPT
Staff Physical Therapist - Medical Center of The Rockies -Loveland, CO
“Six years ago I was introduced to the LIVENGOOD mobi. This piece of equipment has been life changing for my patients. I am now able to consolidate all of the patient’s medical devices onto an easy to push mobile platform, therefore freeing up both of my hands to safely assist my patient.”
Tanya Kensley
P.T.
Poudre Valley Hospital -Fort Collins, CO
“Mobility is Life, the mobi platform will help patients move again.”
Blas Villa
CCRN
University Health System - San Antonio, TX
“I was at NTI in Boston (2013) and, during the exhibit portion, I wandered across the LIVENGOOD booth. At that moment, I knew our hospital needed this mobi for our open heart recovery program. I worked with a Clinical Nurse Specialist to write a grant for this product. I am so excited to bring the mobi to our program.”
Celina Adams
RN, MSN, CCRN (CVICU)
John C. Lincoln - Phoenix, AZ
“We walked a vented patient with the mobi and it was awesome! This helped her physically and emotionally.”
Natalie Hariel
R.N.
Tulane Medical Center - New Orleans, LA
“I am a nurse in a cardiovascular ICU… Our goal for patients is to ambulate to the chair 2 hours after extubation, often the evening of surgery day. Our patients are up and walking with central venous catheters, swan ganz catheters, chest tubes, foley catheters, and with IV medications infusing. The ambulation of these patients would not be possible without the mobi walker. Every bit of equipment that these patients need can be carried on the walker while providing the stability of a standard walker… It is an essential piece of equipment for us and we couldn’t provide the care and therapies we do without it.”
Katherine Whitfield
RN CCRN
Athens Regional Medical Center - Athens, GA
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