Critical Care Rehabilitation

The Critical Care Rehabilitation Department serves critically ill patients in the ICU and those transferred out, focusing on acquired weakness, delirium, dysphagia, post-respiratory failure functional impairment, joint contractures, pressure sores, and decreased activities of daily living. Emphasis is placed on initiating bedside rehabilitation as early as possible, provided vital signs are relatively stable. This includes early mobilization, respiratory training, positional management, swallowing screening, nutritional support, delirium prevention, and psychological support. For mechanical ventilation-related weakness and long-term bedridden patients, early rehabilitation helps shorten mechanical ventilation and hospital stays and improve functional outcomes, but indications and monitoring conditions must be strictly adhered to. If hemodynamic instability, active bleeding, uncontrolled arrhythmias, increased intracranial pressure, or new-onset organ failure are present, treatment should be postponed and the primary critical condition addressed first. Close collaboration with the ICU, respiratory therapists, nutritionists, and nursing team is essential during treatment.