CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

This course provides an overview of the discharge components and factors of potential readmission. The importance of avoiding readmissions and methods and resources to assist in this process is provided.

Various methods have been developed over the past half-century to set and evaluate the effects of PEEP. This presentation describes the 6 methods used to assess both lung recruitment and deleterious effects of PEEP.

This course provides the practitioner with education and evidenced-based care models to engage the community and support disease self-management asthma programs.

Course to enhance pulmonary functions testing interpretation expertise and confidence.

Children can be safely and efficiently weaned from mechanical ventilation and then successfully extubated. This introductory course reviews weaning guidelines and methods during the various phases of mechanical ventilation.

This course reviews the current options for asthma and COPD medication delivery devices. The course discusses standard devices available, techniques, and usage.

Asthma self-management, and how to guide patients and their family members are discussed in this course. The course reviews strategies for nurturing a successful partnership with asthma patients leading them toward long-term asthma control.

There was a dire need to demonstrate the relevance of respiratory care in The heat of the COVID-19 pandemic which saw an increase in demand for respiratory therapists in Ghana. The course introduces the unique formation of the Ghana Association for Respiratory Care (GARC), in collaboration with the international Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC), highlighting the contributions respiratory therapists make to the multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Transcutaneous blood gas monitoring is noninvasive and provides continuous assessment of ventilation and oxygenation in critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients. This introductory presentation focuses on the basic concepts of transcutaneous monitoring in neonates and pediatrics, emphasizing how it works and the preparation and monitoring of expected patient outcomes.

End tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is the non-invasive measurement of exhaled CO2. This course introduces the learner to the indications for using, preparing, and monitoring patient outcomes.