The importance of mobility in COVID recovery
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Have a better understanding of ICU acquired weakness (ICU-AW)
- Review mobilization in terms of outcomes, perceptions and barriers of implementation
- Better understanding of how COVID has affected mobilization in ICU and beyond
- Helpful modalities and evidence about mobilizing patients
Presenter
Dr. Armeen Poor, MD
Director of Critical Care - NYC Health & Hospitals/Metropolitan
Armeen Poor, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and intensivist. He trained in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, followed by training in Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.Dr. Poor is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College, with clinical duties in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care at Metropolitan Hospital Center.Dr. Poor graduated from Dartmouth College and attended St. George's University School of Medicine.