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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Nurse. 2012 Apr;32(2):35–48. doi: 10.4037/ccn2012229

Table 3.

Minimum Criteria for Early Mobility Protocol*#

N – Neurologic

  1. Patient responds to verbal stimulation (i.e. RASS > −3)*

    1. Activity not started in comatose patients (RASS −4 or −5)*

R – Respiratory

  1. FIO2<0.6*

  2. PEEP<10 cm H2O*

C – Circulatory/Central lines/Contraindications

  1. No increase dose of any vasopressor infusion for at least 2 hours*

  2. No evidence of active myocardial ischemia*

  3. No arrthymia requiring the administration of a new antiarrythmic agent*

  4. Not receiving therapies that restrict mobility (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, open-abdomen, intracranial monitoring/drainage, femoral arterial line)#

  5. No injuries in which mobility is contraindicated (e.g., unstable fractures)#

*

Criteria used in prior studies44,47,57

#

Criteria added by institution based on interdisciplinary discussion