Swallowing Evaluation for Patients with Tracheostomy and Mechanical Ventilation Course provides in-depth information about how to perform an initial swallow assessment for this patient population. Total course time is 1 hour 38 minutes. The course includes effects of tracheostomy on swallowing, research of cuff deflation and how/when to perform cuff deflation, explanation of common mechanical ventilation settings and mechanical ventilation considerations with swallowing, timing of swallow evaluation, Blue Dye testing information, and speaking valves. Instrumental swallow assessment comparison of modified barium swallow studies (MBS) and flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and the advantages and disadvantages. Ventilator associated-pneumonia factors is also included. Covid-19 considerations for patients with tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation is also covered.
Free access to the Evidenced-Based Swallowing Evaluation Community is also included. Here, you can ask the instructor any questions in a private forum.
Learning Outcomes:
1.Learner will describe the normal breathing and swallowing relationship
2.List at least 5 complications of tracheostomy on swallowing
3. Describe the limitations of the modified evans blue dye test
4.Identify 3 benefits of instrumental swallowing assessments for patients with trach
5.List 5 ways to reduce the risk of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Course presenter: Nicole M. DePalma, MS CCC-SLP
Nicole is the owner of NDoscopy Dysphagia Specialists, a mobile FEES (flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing) company servicing New York and New Jersey. Her areas of expertise include dysphagia management and critically complex patients including tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation in a variety of settings including acute care, long term acute, subacute, and skilled nursing. She is also a Clinical Consultant for Passy-Muir, Inc.
Course Format: Video Powerpoint with author narration and video samples
Course access: Included with Membership
Disclosures: Financial: Paid by Tracheostomy Education
Non-financial: Passy-Muir Clinical Consultant
In order to receive a certificate of completion, learners must:
Accessibility:
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The Mechanical Ventilation Webinar is an hour, 15min recorded course which will help the learner to understand the role of mechanical ventilation, the settings involved with setting up mechanical ventilation and different modes of mechanical ventilation with graphs and a whiteboard for better understanding. The instructor will explain the relationship between compliance and resistance and provide information on different pressures related to mechanical ventilation regarding lung mechanics (PIP, pleateu pressure, transpulmonary pressures, mean airway pressures). Common ventilator alarms and how to set them and basic weaning from mechanical ventilation will be discussed. The mechanical ventilation webinar course is intended for clinicians working with patients with mechanical ventilation including respiratory therapists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nursing staff. Speech-language pathologists may be interested in grasping ventilator information for a whole person approach.
Instructor: Terrence Sheffield, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, NPS, AE-C
Application for continuing education credit has been made to AARC for 1 CRCE.