Revista da SPMFR I Vol 32 I Nº 2 I Ano 28 (2020) SPMFR Action plan for rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU COVID-19 nas UCI ARTIGO ESPECIAL I SPECIAL ARTICLE 60 Contents 1. Background .......................................................................................................................................................................15 2. General goals .....................................................................................................................................................................15 3. Guidelines for intervention in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in COVID-19 patients.................................................................16 a. Safety criteria for beginning rehabilitation at the ICU ...........................................................................................16 b. Specificities and recommendations for Respiratory Rehabilitation in the ICU.....................................................17 c. Evaluation by Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ...........................................................................................17 4. ICU intervention protocol in patients with COVID-19.........................................................................................................17 a. Intervention protocol of Respiratory Rehabilitation .............................................................................................18 b. Intervention protocol of Neuromotor and Functional Rehabilitation ...................................................................19 c. Criteria for interrupting rehabilitation ................................................................................................................... 20 5. Individual protection measures and equipment ................................................................................................................ 21 a. Treating a patient with confirmed / suspected COVID-19 ................................................................................... 21 b. Contact with patient subsequently confirmed with COVID-19 ........................................................................... 21 c. Equipment cleaning and disinfection recommendations..................................................................................... 21 6. Final note .......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 7. Attachments ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 8. References ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Attachments Attachment 1 – Security criteria for PRM interventions in UCI .............................................................................................. 23 Attachment 2 – RASS (“Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale”) .........…................................................................................. 24 action Plan for Rehabilitation of cOVid-19 Patients admitted to the intensive care Unit Portuguese Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Plano de Ação para Reabilitação de Doentes com COVID-19 Admitidos em Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos March 2020 Authors: Task-Force SPMFR - Rehabilitation of patients admitted to the ICU by COVID-19 Coordinators: Catarina Aguiar Branco, Afonso Rocha, Ines Machado Vaz, Jonathan Rios. Collaboration: Anabela Pinto, Ana Rolo Duarte, Ricardo Henriques, Jorge Moreira, Catarina Matos, Sonia Tizon, Enio Pestana, Andre Maia, Ursula Martins, Paulo Couto, Joana Silva. Autor correspondente: Catarina Aguiar-Branco. email: catarinabranco@mccb.pt. Data de submissão: julho 2020 Data de aceitação: julho 2020 Data de publicação: agosto 2020