Utilisation of existing community rehabilitation services by critical care survivors

Soulsby, C.R., McPeake, J. , Ashcroft, C., Kinsella, J., Shaw, M. and Quasim, T. (2015) Utilisation of existing community rehabilitation services by critical care survivors. Critical Care, 19(Sup 1), P557. (doi: 10.1186/cc14637)

Abstract

Patients recovering from critical illness suffer many physical and psychological problems during their recovery, including muscle weakness, fatigue, signs and symptoms of PTSD, anxiety and depression [1]. At present, specialist intensive care follow-up and rehabilitation is inconsistent and in many geographical areas is nonexistent. As a result, many survivors of critical illness will require using existing community rehabilitation services [2]. The aim of this present service evaluation was to understand the utilisation of community rehabilitation services by critical care survivors.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Quasim, Professor Tara and Kinsella, Professor John and Soulsby, Dr Charlotte and Shaw, Dr Martin and McPeake, Dr Jo
• Authors: Soulsby, C.R., McPeake, J., Ashcroft, C., Kinsella, J., Shaw, M., and Quasim, T.
• Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General); R Medicine > RT Nursing
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Nursing and Health Care
• Journal Name: Critical Care
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• ISSN: 1364-8535
• ISSN (Online): 1364-8535
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Critical Care 19(Sup 1): P557
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License