Heidi Engel, PT, DPT (@heidiengel4) 's Twitter Profile
Heidi Engel, PT, DPT

@heidiengel4

Physical Therapist ICU/Critical Care/Oncology Trying to restore patients to their full potential with preventative and empathic care

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Heidi Engel, PT, DPT (@heidiengel4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exactly- compare the now preferred standard #ICUearlymobility post-prolonged sedation or mobility with sedation switched on & off with the Awake & Walking ICU approach

Paul Wischmeyer MD (@paul_wischmeyer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❓Do your ECMO patients ride bikes? They should! Truly Amazing! 🤩 ❓What amazing things do your patients do on #ECMO or while intubated? Let me know! This should be standard of care 🏥! This is amazing Marco a 9 year old #cancer🎗️survivor who received a lung transplant

Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was proud to stand with more than 500 people in Stowe today at a No Kings protest. Today, all over the country, tens of thousands of Americans are saying NO to the authoritarianism that has taken hold of our country.

I was proud to stand with more than 500 people in Stowe today at a No Kings protest.

Today, all over the country, tens of thousands of Americans are saying NO to the authoritarianism that has taken hold of our country.
Michelle C (@chelle_c23) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spending a Saturday afternoon in the garden with an ICU patient who hasn’t been outside for 3 weeks. His reaction to feeling the sun on his face was the reason why #FreshAirSpaces are so important in hospitals! Zoe van Willigen (picture posted with patient’s consent)

Spending a Saturday afternoon in the garden with an ICU patient who hasn’t been outside for 3 weeks. His reaction to feeling the sun on his face was the reason why #FreshAirSpaces are so important in hospitals! <a href="/ZoeWilligen/">Zoe van Willigen</a> (picture posted with patient’s consent)
Alasdair MacLullich (@a_maclullich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"It was so real, and I was so scared. I was paralyzed on a bed and being burned alive. Just in time, someone rescued her, but suddenly, she was turned into an ice sculpture on a cruise ship buffet. Next, she was in an experiment in a lab in Japan. Then she was being attacked by

Paul Wischmeyer MD (@paul_wischmeyer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎧‼️TUNE IN NOW‼️🎧- ICU Nutrition Podcast with myself, Nick Mark MD & Cyrus Askin, MD, FACP 🎧 See full podcast at: youtu.be/mU7TQ-L7uWI 🔎 We cover a LOT & debunk many myths: ✅-it’s OK to start TF while on pressors ✅-it’s OK to feed while prone or on neuromuscular blockers

🎧‼️TUNE IN NOW‼️🎧- ICU Nutrition Podcast with myself, <a href="/nickmmark/">Nick Mark MD</a> &amp;
<a href="/Askins_Razor/">Cyrus Askin, MD, FACP</a> 

🎧 See full podcast at:  youtu.be/mU7TQ-L7uWI

🔎 We cover a LOT &amp; debunk many myths:
✅-it’s OK to start TF while on pressors
✅-it’s OK to feed while prone or on neuromuscular blockers
Heidi Engel, PT, DPT (@heidiengel4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yes- this is what happens when people are not just left lying in bed all day, but are tied down to bed rails and sequential leg devices.. they lose vestibular balance function and SO much postural strength, proprioception, reaction timing & dignity

Mark Oldham (@markoldhammd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm thrilled about our new American Delirium Society logo 😍 What does it say about ADS? 1⃣ #Delirium matters 2⃣ The brain is central to delirium 3⃣ ...but so is confusion 4⃣ We embrace the tension b/t mind & brain 5⃣ We hope this starts conversations 🎩/t instagram.com/designpaul/ 🙌💪👏

I'm thrilled about our new <a href="/AmerDelirium/">American Delirium Society</a> logo 😍

What does it say about ADS?

1⃣ #Delirium matters
2⃣ The brain is central to delirium
3⃣ ...but so is confusion
4⃣ We embrace the tension b/t mind &amp; brain
5⃣ We hope this starts conversations

🎩/t instagram.com/designpaul/ 🙌💪👏
Paul Wischmeyer MD (@paul_wischmeyer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🙋‍♂️ AMAZING intubated ICU patient playing volleyball 👉NOTICE only 1 physical therapist needed 🎯 Early mobility should be standard of care in all ICU’s 🌎 👉Sedation can allow pts to be awake w/o pain-see WesElyMD A-F bundle! ❓Does your ICU walk intubated patients? H/T

Paul Wischmeyer MD (@paul_wischmeyer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

3/3 12 Key ICU trials I teach each week cont... 10. APROCCHSS NEJM PMID 29490185 11. Schweickert Early Mobility @Lancet PMID19446324 12. ABC Trial The Lancet PMID 18191684 What others would you add? #FOAMcc #FOAMed #SCCMSoMe #medtwitter #MedEd #medstudenttwitter #ICU

3/3 12 Key ICU trials I teach each week cont...

10.  APROCCHSS <a href="/NEJM/">NEJM</a> PMID 29490185

11. Schweickert Early Mobility @Lancet PMID19446324 

12. ABC Trial <a href="/TheLancet/">The Lancet</a> PMID 18191684

What others would you add? 
#FOAMcc #FOAMed #SCCMSoMe #medtwitter #MedEd #medstudenttwitter #ICU
CIBS Center (@cibscenter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌟Will you partner with us to advance the #Walk4PICS movement? We have 14 confirmed partner walks across 4 countries -- and we are just getting started! Join us as we raise awareness and build community for ICU survivors and their families! walk4pics.com WesElyMD

Heidi Engel, PT, DPT (@heidiengel4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Walk4PICS happens on the same day as our Humanizing ICU Care Virtual and Live course UCSF Health on September 27, 2025. Join us to stroll during lunch break and to learn from expert leaders in #ICURehab Walking Home From The ICU Peter Nydahl Paul Wischmeyer MD