Presented by: Carolyn Barnes, PhD, CCC-SLP
This on-demand course is offered for a discounted rate thanks to the sponsorship support from Bracco Diagnostics,
Audience: Undergraduate, graduate students, Clinical Fellows, experienced clinicians, clinicians who would like to transition from school-based SLP to medical-based SLP, clinicians who pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
Description: The SLP working in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) must apply their knowledge and skill to a complex and fragile patient population. These critically ill infants and children vary in age, pre-hospitalization neurodevelopmental skill, and diagnoses, making protocolization of SLP assessment and intervention challenging. This webinar will discuss topics unique to the PICU setting, including considerations of medical complexity and interdisciplinary teamwork in dysphagia and communication care.
Learning Objectives:
1) Identify risk factors for dysphagia in critically ill infant and child populations hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit
2) Describe considerations of swallowing anatomy and physiology that are unique to the pediatric intensive care unit
3) Explain the role of the SLP in working with the critically ill pediatric population
This webinar is approximately 60 minutes in length. This is a recording of a live webinar.
This webinar is offered for Professional Development Hours (PDHs), previously Certification Maintenance Hours (CMHs). For more info: https://www.asha.org/certification/factdef/.
Certificate of completion available for download at the completion of the webinar.
This Video will be available for 90 days after purchase.
Presenter:
Carolyn K Barnes, PhD CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama in the Department of Communicative Disorders. She is also a speech-language pathologist who has practiced in the inpatient and outpatient children’s hospital settings. Her clinical and research interests include the impact of noninvasive respiratory support on pediatric swallowing, feeding and swallowing in pediatric critical care, pediatric aerodigestive outcomes, accurate differential diagnostic processes, and clinical documentation.
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