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Ethics CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

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Ethical Considerations of Organ Donation
Presented by Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT
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Course: #2256Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course provides a review of the ethics as it relates to organ donation. In addition, this course discusses the history, laws, and special considerations that influence organ sharing.

End of Life Issues for the Patient with End-Stage COPD
Presented by Kevin Collins, PhD, RRT, RPFT, AE-C
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Course: #1993Level: Advanced1 Hour
This course addresses the challenges faced by the respiratory therapist in engaging patients with end-stage COPD. Legal and ethical issues, as well as practical approaches to engaging patients with end-state COPD, is discussed.

Palliative Care and the Respiratory Therapist
Presented by Shawna Strickland, PhD, CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
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Course: #1969Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course explores the ethical considerations and the fundamental distinctions between palliative care and hospice, providing respiratory therapists with a comprehensive understanding of these approaches to patient care. Additionally, it delves into the application of palliative care principles within the context of chronic lung disease while also emphasizing the crucial role that respiratory therapists play in delivering compassionate and holistic palliative care to patients.

The Ethics of Ambiguity: Life and Death in the NICU
Presented by Evan Richards, Advanced Practice Clinical Consultant, BSc, RT
Video
Course: #1927Level: Advanced1 Hour
This lecture traces the history of how life and death decisions are made in the NICU, and the ambiguity inherent in neonatal ethics. The lecture includes a discussion of moral distress, how to recognize it, and what to do about it.

Futile or Fruitful: Medical Interventions and the Respiratory Therapist
Presented by Shawna Strickland, PhD, CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
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Course: #1573Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Interventions that are not likely to produce a medical benefit for the patient are referred to as futile. In this presentation, futility is defined, and the limitations of practical use identified. Case studies that illustrate the concept of futility and the challenges associated with application will be presented.

End-of-Life Care: Ethical Considerations
Presented by Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT
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Course: #1512Level: Introductory1 Hour
Course review of the guiding ethical principles in healthcare. The course discusses how these principles affect the ability to provide end-of-life care, repair moral injury, and the role of respiratory therapists post- COVID.

The Use of Noninvasive Ventilation at the End of Life
Presented by Shawna Strickland, PhD, CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
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Course: #1434Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Noninvasive ventilation is a common modality provided in acute, long-term, and home care environments to provide respiratory support to patients with a variety of acute and chronic disease pathologies. Though NIV is used predominantly as a bridge to recovery in acute disease pathologies and as ongoing support in chronic disease pathologies, some clinicians advocate for the use of NIV for comfort measures at the end of life. This intermediate course provides a basis for the analysis of ethical dilemmas and debates the ethical arguments for and against the use of NIV at the end of life.

Ethics in Healthcare
Presented by Lori Taylor, PhD, RRT
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Course: #2439Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course will review and discuss the ethical and legal responsibility of the healthcare provider. The course will discuss ethical principles and the code of conduct for Respiratory Therapists.

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