Perspectives

Reasons and countermeasures for the difficulty in implementing early activities in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation

Tang Rong ^1,✉, Liang Xin ¹

¹ Department of Medicine, Yangtze University, Jinzhou City, Hubei Province,434023, China.

✉ Correspondence
Rong Tang, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China. Email: [email protected]. Telephone number: 18594268660.
Received: May 5, 2019; Accepted: April 13, 2020; Published online: June 7, 2020.
Cite this paper: Tang Rong, Liang Xin. (2021) Reasons and countermeasures for the difficulty in implementing early activities in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation. Global Journal of Life Sciences, 1(1): 1-9. https://naturescholars.com/gjls.020101. https://doi.org/10.46633/gjls.020101.
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Abstract

Patients with mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can improve their muscle strength, shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation, reduce the occurrence of Intensive Care Unit Acquired-Weakness (ICUAW) and delirium by implementing early activities. However, due to the lack of relevant knowledge of early activities of ICU patients with mechanical ventilation, resources and equipment to implement early activities, and standardized safety practice guidelines for early activities, the implementation rate of early activities of ICU patients with mechanical ventilation in China is relatively low. In view of the above problems, this paper proposes to strengthen the training of relevant personnel, establish a professional management team for early activities, and formulate standardized activity plans, to provide theoretical guidance for the implementation of early activities of ICU patients with mechanical ventilation in China, and further improve the implementation rate of early activities of ICU patients with mechanical ventilation.

Key words: Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Mechanical ventilation; Early activities; Reasons for implementation difficulties; Countermeasures.