In this episode, Rachele gives some life updates and tells the tale of DIY, Thanksgiving, and hosting her 9 family members. 

Gratitude all around for this episode for both family and you. Rachele has reached her 1 year anniversary of Talking All Things Cardiopulm and she is grateful to all of you who have listened, supported, and reached out.

This episode is a case review of a recent patient that spurred a thought and common trend in the acute care setting.  Are younger patients overlooked? Independent a few days prior, they shouldn’t have any PT needs, right?  Rachele thinks false and she gives her perspective on why and how we can help this patient population.  She also gives clinical tools and insights to help the next patient who comes across your caseload. 

In this episode:

• Risk of VTE in orthopedic surgery
• Bilateral PE
• Cardiac Arrest
• ROSC
• Survival post-PE vs. survival post-PE / cardiac arrest
• Younger age patients in acute care
• Intubation affects on the lungs
• Cough Assessment / Chest wall mobility
• Splinting with Huff’ing/functional cough
• How to improve a cough
• Interval training
• The benefits of the Trifecta 
• Inspiratory holds - benefits and use in this patient
• Precursors to PE
• Importance of assessing vitals even in the outpatient setting

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