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Course Description

This is a course for therapists who are interested in learning about tracheostomy and ventilator dependent assessments and treatment approaches. Improve your knowledge base and skills; whether you are an SLP who is currently working with tracheostomy and ventilator dependent patients or if you would like to develop the knowledge and skills to help you learn more about this subspecialty. Learn about the types of tracheostomies, speaking valves, and treatment strategies available to you to help your patients wean off the vent and successfully decannulate. This is an intermediate course, and basic knowledge of dysphagia and voice therapy is required. SLPs working with trach and vent patients are challenged with getting instrumental assessments, treatment strategies, and communicating the role of the SLP in assessing and treating this unique population to their multidisciplinary teams. This course will present the physiological and structural changes of the trachea following a tracheostomy and offers guidelines and treatment strategies to initiate po intake and achieve voicing using speaking valves. This course aims to educate SLPs on everything related to working with patients that have acquired a tracheotomy and are vent dependent.

ATTENDANCE:

  1. On Tour Options: Attend the course in person at any City/Date listed. Streaming is only available for courses held at the Gulf Breeze/CIAO Studios location.
  2. Livestream Options:
    1. Attend via Livestream from anywhere around the world. Livestream participants will login to access the event from their computer.
    2. Or – Attend in person at CIAO Studios in Gulf Breeze, FL.

LIVESTREAMS ONLY:

  • Events are streamed in real time. 
  • Course agenda is in Central time (CST). Please adjust for your time zone.
  • Registrants who attend the livestream broadcast will be able to interact with instructor.
  • All registrants will have access to the broadcast recording for 14 days.
  • A group may view the course together; however, each attendee must be individually registered in order to receive CE credit.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Attend/view entire course
  • Pass multiple choice quiz (80% min score)
  • Complete online course evaluation

CE CREDIT:

See CE Credit Tab for professional board approval information

  • SLPs - this course is registered with ASHA as Blended Learning. ASHA CEUs may be earned by attending live, viewing the recording, or a combination of both.
  • OTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.
  • PTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand guidelines related to trach and vents
  • Review anatomical structures and physiological changes after a tracheostomy procedure
  • Learn all about how ventilators work, their settings, and alarms
  • Assess patient candidacy for cuff deflation and speaking valve trials
  • Learn about guidelines for high flow oxygen
  • Expand knowledge of treatment protocols to include humidification, pharmacology, modalities, exercises, and diet modifications, and Evans Blue Dye Tests
  • Develop and implement treatment strategies for successful outcomes for your patients
  • Learn basic skills in working with laryngectomy patients
  • Learn how which diagnostic approached will help in establishing airway patency and readiness for valve trials
  • Learn troubleshooting techniques to help problem solve patients that cannot tolerate cuff deflation or valve placement
  • Provide holistic and interdisciplinary approached to treatment methods to achieve best outcomes
  • Understand how trauma can interfere with treatment progression and determine best trauma informed care and bias free practices
  • Develop skills in differential diagnosis to determine best practice and realistic treatment plans achieving highest level of communication and swallowing skills
  • Utilize free water protocols and permissive dysphagia diets when appropriate to maximize quality of life goals in chronic vent dependent patients

Lubna Nabulsi

CCC-SLP

Lubna Nabulsi is a Speech-Language Pathologist that has been practicing in Skilled nursing rehabilitation for 20 years. She graduated with her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from Towson University in Baltimore Maryland. Prior to becoming and SLP, Lubna was a Medical and Research Technologist working at University of Maryland Hospital Immunology Department. This created a unique knowledge of overall medical pathology and how it related to disease and disorders that affect swallowing. Lubna is currently the Senior SLP at Futurecare Health and Management. Lubna developed a successful inhouse FEES program at all Futurecare skilled nursing facilities., and in the past 10 years has trained over 20 SLP in FEES instrumentation and competency.

Financial Disclosure: Lubna receives honoraria from CIAO for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the sale of her online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: There are no non-financial relationships to disclose.

Live Stream is 30 minute lunch

Day 1

08:00 - 09:00
Basic anatomy and physiology review before and after a tracheotomy procedure
09:00 - 10:00
All about tracheostomy tubes, trach set up, and ventilators
10:00 - 10:15
Break
10:15 - 12:00
Speaking valves and cuff deflation/inflation
12:00 - 01:00
Lunch
01:00 - 01:30
Suctioning
01:30 - 02:30
Assessment of voice. Cognition, and swallowing
02:30 - 02:45
Break
02:45 - 04:45
Laryngectomies and TEPs
04:45 - 05:00
Questions and Answers

Day 2

08:00 - 09:00
Utilizing FEES and laryngoscopy to determine airway patency prior to valving
09:30 - 10:30
Case study examples of FEES instrumentation to assess airway patency with trach and vent patients
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 12:00
Treatment strategies and outcomes
12:00 - 01:00
Lunch
01:00 - 02:00
troubleshooting to achieve best outcomes and results, beyond treatment options
02:00 - 02:15
Break
02:15 - 03:15
permissive diets, palliative care, trauma informed, bias free care and approaches
03:15 - 03:45
case studies
03:45 - 04:00
Questions and Answers

Delivery VIA:

  • Live By Request - This course is available to come to you! Contact us to see how easy that can be. mail@ciaoseminars.com
  • Live Stream - This course is offered from our Live Stream studio. Watch and interact with the instructor from wherever you are or join us as part of the studio audience in sunny Gulf Breeze, FL. Included with each Live Stream registration is access to the course recording for the 14 days immediately following the broadcast.

Contact hours pre-approved for:

  • 14 Hours
  • CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (1.4 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet submission required
  • ASHA CE Provider Approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

Intermediate Level
1.4 ASHA CEUs


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