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Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Identify reasons for tracheostomy
  • Review of the components of a tracheostomy
  • Review types of tracheostomy tubes
  • How to suction
  • Outline Voice evaluation
  • Outline Swallow Evaluation
  • Discuss Voice Treatment
  • Discuss Swallow treatment
  • Review documentation requirements

Author

Winnie Yang, MA, CCC-SLP

Tracheostomy, Voice, and Dysphagia: Evaluation and Treatment

Tracheostomy, Voice, and Dysphagia: Evaluation and Treatment

1 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Description:

Description:

Over the last decade, the number of patients admitted to post-acute care with tracheostomies has increased. This course is designed to provide the SLP with an overview of the components of a tracheostomy, a review of tracheostomy care, and to increase the SLP’s competency of evaluation and treatment methods for patients with tracheostomies.

Full Course Description
Description:Over the last decade, the number of patients admitted to post-acute care with tracheostomies has increased. This course is designed to provide the SLP with an overview of the components of a tracheostomy, a review of tracheostomy care, and to increase the SLP’s competency of evaluation and treatment methods for patients with tracheostomies.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to increase the SLP’s competency of evaluating and treating patients with tracheostomies.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize the purpose of a tracheostomy tube
  2. Identify the main parts of a tracheostomy tube
  3. Identify the different types of tracheostomy tubes
  4. Select the appropriate evaluation to determine if a patient can voice with a tracheostomy tube
  5. Select the appropriate swallow evaluation for a patient with a tracheostomy tube
  6. Select appropriate dysphagia and voice treatments in patients with tracheostomy tubes

 

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to increase the SLP’s competency of evaluating and treating patients with tracheostomies.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize the purpose of a tracheostomy tube
  2. Identify the main parts of a tracheostomy tube
  3. Identify the different types of tracheostomy tubes
  4. Select the appropriate evaluation to determine if a patient can voice with a tracheostomy tube
  5. Select the appropriate swallow evaluation for a patient with a tracheostomy tube
  6. Select appropriate dysphagia and voice treatments in patients with tracheostomy tubes

 

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

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy Assistant, Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Nurses.

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 0.10 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 – Winnie Yang is contracted by Continuum Rehab Group and received a salary. Continuum Rehab Group received 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.

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

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy Assistant, Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Nurses.

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 0.10 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 – Winnie Yang is contracted by Continuum Rehab Group and received a salary. Continuum Rehab Group received 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.

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