CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

An introductory course to the art of Mindfulness as an intervention tool for pediatric respiratory therapists. Practitioners will gain an insight to the step-by-step process to not only practice Mindfulness for their own well-being but will learn techniques and strategies to effectively teach Mindfulness to children to address health concerns.

The course discusses indications and management strategies for neonates who require HFOV and HFJV modes of ventilation. A description of key parameters in lung recruitment and weaning is discussed, as well as the role of conventional ventilation.

Respiratory and swallow systems are connected in a variety of ways that have implications for both the respiratory therapist and the dysphagia clinician. This course describes those relationships in healthy individuals and in patients with respiratory disease and will provide options for interventions because...if you cannot breathe, you cannot swallow.

What happens in one part of the body impacts what happens in other parts of the body and nowhere is this more evident than in the interplay among respiratory diseases, dysphagia, malnutrition, and dehydration. This course will examine those interactions and provide clinicians with tools to “break the cycle” of disease and dysfunction.

This course describes how early mobilization counteracts the negative impacts of prolonged bed rest on ventilator patients. Components of successful early mobilization programs are described, including potential barriers to implementation, specific benefits to the patient and hospital outcomes.

Every aspiration event does not inevitably lead to aspiration pneumonia and treatment teams can have an impact on risk reduction. This course enables clinicians in identifying the clients on their caseload who are at higher risk for respiratory illness and in implementing interventions for oral hygiene, head of bed elevation, nutrition, and hydration.

Intubation provides access to mechanical ventilation for patients with respiratory failure but what happens when the patient is extubated? This course will provide information about the causes and consequences of post-extubation dysphagia and will discuss options for assessment and management of these critically ill patients.

This course examines the associated etiologies of laryngeal clefts. The course presents guidelines for evaluation, treatment, and postoperative management of laryngeal clefts.

Back to Basics: Low and High Flow, Oxygen Devices is an introductory course that Low and High Flow Oxygen Devices is a "back to basic" introductory course that enhances the respiratory care practitioners' knowledge in understanding low and high-flow oxygen devices available. The course reviews the benefits of use based on patient assessment and needs.

This course provides an in-depth look at anxiety and its management in the care of the pulmonary patient. The course provides an overview of the components of anxiety including the impact on the patient and their recovery. Specific interventions address the reduction of anxiety for the patient and family improving patient outcomes.