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Course Description

Improve your knowledge base and skills with tracheostomy and ventilator dependent assessments and treatment approaches. Whether you are currently working with tracheostomy and ventilator dependent patients or if you would like to develop the knowledge and skills for this specialty, this course is for you! The course material will include types of tracheostomies, speaking valves, and treatment strategies to help your patients wean off the vent and successfully decannulate. Therapists working with patients with trachs and vents can be challenged with getting instrumental assessments, choosing treatment strategies, and communicating the role of the therapist for this unique population to multidisciplinary teams. This course will present the physiological and structural changes of the trachea following a tracheostomy. It also offers guidelines and treatment strategies to initiate po intake and achieve voicing using speaking valves. Participants will walk away with new ideas and understandings ready for tomorrow.

Course Requirements:
  • Computer with internet and working speakers/sound are required for this course.
  • Course must be completed within 30 days of activation (activate course within 6 months of purchase).
  • An online multiple-choice quiz (80% passing score) and submission of an online evaluation form are required for successful completion.
  • A certificate of completion will be available to print immediately after course is successfully completed.
  • SLPs - ASHA CEUs may be obtained by completing the online ASHA form and checking the "Report to ASHA" box.

Course Objectives

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

  • Define guidelines related to trach and vents
  • Identify anatomical structures and physiological changes after a tracheostomy procedure
  • Explain how ventilators work, their settings, and alarms
  • Assess patient candidacy for cuff deflation and speaking valve trials
  • Summarize about guidelines for high flow oxygen
  • Consider and recommend treatment protocols to include humidification, pharmacology, modalities, exercises, and diet modifications, and Evans Blue Dye Tests
  • Develop treatment strategies for successful outcomes for your 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.

60 Minutes
Basic anatomy and physiology review before and after a tracheotomy procedure
60 Minutes
All about tracheostomy tubes, trach set up, and ventilators
75 Minutes
Infection Control
30 Minutes
Speaking valves and cuff deflation
60 Minutes
Suctioning
75 Minutes
Treatment strategies and outcomes
75 Minutes
Laryngectomies and TEPs
7.3 Hours
Total

Delivery VIA:

  • Online - This course is offered in an online, on demand format.

Contact hours pre-approved for:

  • 7 Hours
  • CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (0.7 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
0.7 ASHA CEUs


Reviews

Overall a pretty good course. I appreciate the focus on real practice application. At times course seemed a little disorganized/confusing, but overall pretty good.

- Dallas, TX / Nov 2022

Lubna Nubalsi is AMAZING! Would love her contact info as well as additional slides emailed that were missing in course manual please!!

- Purvis, MS / Oct 2022

Some handouts were very difficulty with read, but overall very helpful.

- Longview, TX / Jul 2022

Excellent course and the presentation style was great. I've been searching for this type of information and Lubna was extremely knowledgable and professional. I'm so thankful for this course.

- Dallas, TX / Jun 2022

Fabulous course. Superb and inspirational presenter. I learned so much. Thank you

- Altadena, CA / Aug 2021

Excellent course!!

- Chattanooga, TN / Apr 2021

This was one of the most interesting and informative CEUs on trachs and vents I have ever taken in my 18 year career as an SLP! Thank you!

- Dresden, OH / Mar 2021

Great class will recommend to all my SLP friends

- Pooler, GA / Mar 2021

Very informative.

- Pooler, GA / Mar 2021

Outstanding!!!!

- Mesa, AZ / Mar 2021