CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

This course reviews the spectrum of connective tissue disease (CTD) and associated interstitial lung diseases (ILD) from epidemiology and prognosis. We discuss essential diagnostic testing for an accurate diagnosis and current and future therapeutics.

This course provides participants with an overview of the purpose and objectives of the GOLD guidelines for COPD. The discussion provides COPD assessment and diagnosis, helping to gain an understanding of these critical aspects to proficiently identify patients in accordance with the GOLD guidelines, and for the application of tailored treatment strategies for both stable COPD and COPD exacerbations.

Interpreting ventilator graphics can yield valuable real-time data in patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. This course demystifies the complexities of troubleshooting changes in compliance and elastance using ventilator scalars.

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.

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.

There are very different generations in the workplace and getting these groups to work together effectively is challenging. It is important to first understand each of these groups based on their strengths to bring out the beauty of diversity for the overarching purpose of preventing generational collisions from occurring in the workplace. This presentation will present a way to identify communication preferences and effective ways to approach others that have different viewpoints.

Unplanned extubation (UE) can be a critical and potentially life-threatening event for pediatric patients relying on mechanical ventilation. This comprehensive course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand, prevent, and manage unplanned extubation incidents in pediatric populations.

This course discusses the different types of workplace traumas in clinical and non-clinical RT roles. This course also informs on ways to manage workplace trauma and optimize work-life balance during and post-trauma.

Mechanical ventilator alarms are vital for monitoring patients and the ventilator's status. The Joint Commission addresses this patient safety issue by including alarm safety as a National Patient Safety Goal. The course reviews alarm fatigue occurring when practitioners ignore important alerts, risking harm to patients, and it is crucial to set them correctly based on patient conditions and standards to ensure safety.

A global perspective on respiratory therapy is provided in this course. The course discusses the various roles of respiratory therapists across different countries, their scope of practice, and the future of respiratory therapy.