074 – Kelsey Day M.S., CCC-SLP – Wait and See Is Not the Way: Trach, Vent, & Swallow in the ICU
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Kelsey Day explains how the PT ICU model of early mobility is a path we can follow as SLPs to get in early to work with vent-dependent patients to stop (and hopefully reverse) disuse atrophy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 74 of the Swallier Pride Podcast and today's guest is Kelsey Day. |
| 0:07.0 | Kelsey is an SLP with six years of experience in the acute care setting. |
| 0:11.0 | She received her master's degree from Northwestern University |
| 0:13.8 | where she was trained in dysphagia diagnostics and video fluoroscopy by Dr. |
| 0:18.0 | Jerry Logaman. Kelsey now serves as the lead SLP at California Hospital Medical Center, a level 2 trauma |
| 0:24.3 | center and primary stroke center in downtown LA where she specializes in |
| 0:28.6 | dysphagia care for the critically ill, multi-trauma, and trait-dependent populations. |
| 0:33.8 | Kelsey launched the fees program at her hospital to facilitate early swallowing rehab |
| 0:38.1 | her patients requiring mechanical ventilation. |
| 0:40.7 | She performs over a thousand combined video |
| 0:42.8 | fluoroscopies and fees annually at her facility and mentors new |
| 0:46.7 | SLPs and dyspasia instrumentation. She is committed to the education of new |
| 0:50.9 | clinicians currently supervising multiple clinical |
| 0:53.4 | fellows in acute care and guest lecturing at Cal State University Fullerton. |
| 0:57.6 | Just a quick disclaimer that all statements and opinions expressed in this |
| 1:01.5 | episode do not reflect on the organizations |
| 1:03.8 | associated with the speakers and are their own opinions solely. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified specialist in |
| 1:14.7 | Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. And I know firsthand how much confusing and conflicting |
| 1:19.7 | information there is out there about how we assess and treat swallowing disorders. This |
| 1:24.4 | podcast is all about bringing everyone together, getting on the same page, being |
| 1:28.6 | open to new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment strategies for our |
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