
Amanda Gillespie
@amandag89776776
Specialist Occupational Therapist working in Surgical & Critical Care *all views are my own*
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01-11-2020 16:59:08
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Rehabilitation is fast becoming the new priority in dealing with the impact of this pandemic. Here is a short clip of the BBC News (UK) report this evening - a big thank you to Fergus Walsh Critical Care Occupational Therapist Royal College of Occupational Therapists UCLH Rebecca Livingston @physiolucia @laura_janePT


AHPs in critical care workforce surveys are live!!! Emails sent to someone in every hospital in the UK. Remember we are looking for responses from dietetics, OTs, physios, psychology and SLTs for EVERY critical care unit! Takes less than 10mins to complete!!! Intensive Care Society 💙



Agree with More OT involvement for delirium Evelyn Alvarez E is an OT who led this famous RCT in the ICU setting An intensive occupational therapy intervention had a dramatic decrease in delirium, in a high risk population pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27660922/ Alessandro Morandi Alasdair MacLullich

susan moug RAH Surgery ELLSA RAH Paisley NELA (also on Bluesky @rcoa-cri.bsky.social) I absolutely agree. 360 approach front door to backdoor and beyond. Couldn't happen without all staff engaging and being willing to give it a go. Hugely appreciated. xxx


And buzzing to present with a fellow AHP today, OTs in critical care ✅ Amanda Gillespie Maggie Clark ELLSA RAH Paisley RAH Surgery susan moug Jenny Edwards Modernising Patient Pathways Programme NHSGGC Clyde AHP RCOT Scottish West CSP Scotland #ELLSA #EarlyMobility #PostSurgeryRehab #MDTisKey #RAH #BestTeam

Critical Care OT Kings College Hospital Thoroughly enjoyed this course 💫Thanks to the OTs in Critical Care, King’s College Hospital London & a big thanks to the patients for sharing their OT experience! Looking forward to implementing knowledge/skills at the Royal Alexandra Hospital 🏴





“We need to engage patients, family & all clinicians… to improve our patients recovery” Hear Dale Needham, MD, PhD discuss “Why Mobility Matters?” 11th Johns Hopkins #ICURehab Conf On-demand: Oct. 20–Dec. 19, 2022 Live Virtual: Nov. 2-5 2022 Register: bit.ly/2YPCD4h

Appreciation post for all our AHPs past and present. Everday making a difference to patients & invaluable members of the ELLSA MDT - Huge thanks 👏 NHSGGC Clyde AHP Modernising Patient Pathways Programme RAH Surgery

