This webinar will explore how the multidisciplinary AHP team supports patients who survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The session covers the patient’s journey as they move from critical care through to the ward and into community rehabilitation. The focus will be on coordinated assessment, early rehabilitation, and safe transition across the recovery pathway.
Chair: Allainia Eden
Moderator: Liz Felton
I am an Occupational Therapist at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, based in the intensive care unit at Bristol Royal Infirmary. I deliver early functional and cognitive rehabilitation for critically ill patients, with a focus on mood, wellbeing, and delirium management.
I have experience across community and acute settings, with recent clinical focus in cardiac surgery and cardiology. I maintain a strong interest in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest pathway, with a focus on strengthening rehabilitation across the full pathway from critical care through ward-based recovery and into the community.
I contribute to service development using quality improvement methodology. I use iterative change cycles, outcome measurement, and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve rehabilitation delivery, patient flow, and continuity of care across settings.
My clinical approach is grounded in evidence-based practice, integrating current research with clinical expertise and patient values to guide assessment and intervention. I apply a structured, holistic, and patient-centred model, targeting functional outcomes that support return to meaningful occupation following critical illness.
Allaina is the Physiotherapy Service Lead at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. She trained at the University of Hertfordshire, where she returned to complete her Masters in advanced physiotherapy in 2015. She has over 20 years’ experience as a Physiotherapist, with over 15 years in Intensive Care.
Allaina is the Physiotherapy PAG Deputy Chair, Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Surgical Champion, ACPRC Editorial Board member, and chair of the UK ECMO Physiotherapy Network. She presents regularly at national conferences and has led and co-authored many publications including national guidelines, scoping reviews and case series.
Clinical interests include complex rehabilitation and respiratory care following cardiothoracic surgery, transplantation, and long-term patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support. Her areas of special interest are early rehabilitation, ECMO and physiotherapy, weaning from ventilation and lung ultrasound. She is passionate about raising the profile of all AHPs working in Intensive Care.
Elizabeth is a registered Occupational Therapist with over 20 years NHS acute hospital experience working in London and Birmingham. She has spent the last 10 years working and specialising in critical care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She has recently completed her MRes at the University of Birmingham and has a passion for research and development of early occupational therapy in intensive care.
