Video
Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Medical history
  • Medication and CAM use
  • Post extubation dysphagia
  • NG/PEG use
  • Respiratory muscle weakness
  • Dentition
  • Any prior procedures or instrumental assessments completed

Hour 2

  • Determine questions to ask the patient based on the chart review
  • Relate disorders/disease processes to specific muscles that would be affected including the impact of lingual sarcopenia

Hour 3

  • COVID-19 impact on dysphagia evaluations
  • Protocols to put in place during COVID-19
  • Identify aerosol generating procedures/screens
  • Assessments vs. non aerosol generating procedures
  • Discussion of screens that are aerosol generating vs. non aerosol generating
  • Screens appropriate for nursing
  • Dysphagia assessments

Hour 4

  • Identify the deficits observed in the assessment
  • Determine need for any further testing/instrumental studies and appropriate referrals
  • Determine most appropriate/safest food and liquid consistency on the IDDSI
  • Non-compliance statistics
  • Identify appropriate compensatory strategies for patient

Hour  5

  • Family and staff education
  • Education on appropriate feeding techniques
  • Discussing how to work with the patient and/or family that chooses to opt out of the recommendations including the use of EDAR and Care Planning for Resident Choice
  • Providing education: results and recommendations

Author

Denise Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP

Assessment of the Patient with Dysphagia

Assessment of the Patient with Dysphagia

5 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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$80

Description:

When performing an assessment of the patient with dysphagia, a chart review is critical to collect relevant information and identify red flags. By knowing how disorders progress and impact each phase of swallow, patient deficits can be better understood. Also, there are certain evaluation tools which provide clinicians the details needed to document a deficit. Furthermore, COVID-19 has changed the process of evaluations as clinicians try to minimize risks to their patients and themselves. Some screens are aerosol generating while others are not. Therefore, consideration must be given into what may be aerosol generating in the evaluation. As always, the clinician's job is to educate the patient and family about dysphagia as well as any recommendations for diet/liquid modification, swallow strategies, and the importance of compliance. When a patient and/or family refuses to accept the results, waivers are not the best option. Utilizing EDAR and Care Planning for Resident Choice provides patients with choices when they opt out of treatment recommendations.

Full Course Description
When performing an assessment of the patient with dysphagia, a chart review is critical to collect relevant information and identify red flags. By knowing how disorders progress and impact each phase of swallow, patient deficits can be better understood. Also, there are certain evaluation tools which provide clinicians the details needed to document a deficit. Furthermore, COVID-19 has changed the process of evaluations as clinicians try to minimize risks to their patients and themselves. Some...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct professionals on how to utilize evidence-based practice in completing a dysphagia assessment.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify relevant information in the chart review to target in the dysphagia assessment.
  2. Identify appropriate screens and evaluation tools for a dysphagia assessment based on your patient's presentation.
  3. Identify tools to use when a patient and/or family refuses to follow recommendations based on the evaluation and any instrumental assessments.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct professionals on how to utilize evidence-based practice in completing a dysphagia assessment.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify relevant information in the chart review to target in the dysphagia assessment.
  2. Identify appropriate screens and evaluation tools for a dysphagia assessment based on your patient's presentation.
  3. Identify tools to use when a patient and/or family refuses to follow recommendations based on the evaluation and any instrumental assessments.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 5 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Speech Language Pathologist

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.50 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Please note - ASHA reporting closes at the end of each month, with completions reported around or after the 15th of the following month.

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial - Denise Dougherty is employed by has a private practice and is a legal consultant specializing in forensic speech pathology and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 5 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Speech Language Pathologist

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.50 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Please note - ASHA reporting closes at the end of each month, with completions reported around or after the 15th of the following month.

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial - Denise Dougherty is employed by has a private practice and is a legal consultant specializing in forensic speech pathology and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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