A Delirium Discussion With Dr Heidi Lindroth

This episode is an open and frank discussion with my best friend Dr Heidi Lindroth a Senior Associate Consultant Nurse Scientist at the prestigious Mayo Clinic. She is a Delirium researcher who is a part of the iDelirium team, a prominent member of the American Delirium Society as well as being one of the driving forces behind the World Delirium Awareness Day 36 hr education Webinars and video content. Dr Lindroth also remains working in the ICU as well as performing research insuring her knowledge is current and research relevant to the real world ICU environment.

Dr Lindroth's goal is to create a world without delirium, a goal I share and a cause that will require a lot of support and effort. In this episode, we talk about Delirium and have a productive conversation about many areas including Patients and family involvement in care, preparation and its ability to help reduce effects of delirium as well as contemplating if delirium is a singular or spectrum of disorders. Delirium is one of the biggest issues an ICU patient experiences in their ICU stay but it is a huge issue in Healthcare as an entirety. It is the reason why both myself and Heidi are so passionate about delirium and why we are working so hard to make things better for patients.

Delirium is a big part of the current COVID crisis as the isolation required for the infection and the hospital environment and it's after-effects have not been seen yet. Delirium is a large part of the ICU journey and recovery and is not so easy to bounce back from. I hope you enjoy the discussion Myself and Heidi have on the topic.

You can Find Dr Lindroth at: @MiniPixie26 on twitter

iDelirium can be found at @iDelirium_Aware and at http://www.idelirium.org/

The American Delirium Society can be found on Twitter at @AmerDelirium and https://americandeliriumsociety.org/

You can contact me through the voice message system through the Anchor platform, @ICULife on twitter or ICU.Life.And.Recovery@gmail.com